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- Title: Rutherford v. Barnhart
- Author : In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 03, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Joyce Rutherford ("Rutherford") challenges the denial of her application for Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1383f ("Act"). She filed for benefits in June 2000, claiming an onset date of June 23, 1999 and an ongoing inability to work due to back and arm impairments. After an initial denial by the state agency, she filed a timely request for a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"). Rutherford then appeared with counsel before ALJ William Reddy on June 11, 2001, and both Rutherford and a vocational expert testified. ALJ Reddy issued an opinion on August 31, 2001 that concluded that although Rutherford had impairments that qualified as severe, she was not entitled to benefits because she retained the residual functional capacity ("RFC") to perform existing jobs in the workforce and so did not meet the Acts definition of disability.