· 3/17/1993
S.L. LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Citations
- 988 F.2d 789
- 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 4964
- 1993 WL 74008
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- explaining that court’s “role is not to reweigh any conflicting evidence” and that court should uphold decision “so long as reasonable minds may differ”
- upholding finding of not disabled based upon testimony of vocational expert identifying 1,400 job positions which the plaintiff, having a limited residual functional capacity to perform sedentary and light work, could do within the greater Milwaukee metropolitan area
- back pain usually around a level “seven,” headaches constantly in the “three or four to a ten” range
- “[The grids] are only to be applied when they accurately describe a claimant’s abilities and limitations.”
- addressing 1,400 jobs “in the greater Milwaukee metropolitan area”
- finding 1,400 available jobs in a single occupation sufficient
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Judges: Posner, Easterbrook, Wood
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