Curvin v. Colvin, No. 13-3622 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseIn 2010, Curvin applied for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 401, alleging that she became disabled beginning in January 2009 from glaucoma, overactive thyroid, high blood pressure, difficulty sleeping, and knee pain. The ALJ denied her claim in 2011, finding that Curvin had not engaged in substantial gainful activity since the alleged onset of her disability; that Curvin’s glaucoma in her right eye was a severe impairment, and that the objective medical evidence showed that her remaining impairments were not severe; that based on the conclusions of Curvin’s treating and examining physicians and objective medical evidence, Curvin did not have an impairment or combination of impairments that met the severity of a listed impairment. The ALJ determined that Curvin had a residual functional capacity to perform a full range of work at all exertion levels, but with a nonexertional limitation of no peripheral vision on her right side due to her glaucoma. The district court vacated. The agency appealed. The Seventh Circuit reinstated the denial as being supported by substantia evidence.
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