Jones v. Astrue

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Social Security
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 09-3282
Decision Date: 
October 22, 2010
Federal District: 
E.D. Wisc.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Record contained sufficient evidence to support ALJ's denial of claimant's application for disability benefits after ALJ found that claimant's testimony about her pain-induced functional limitation in areas of walking and sitting was not credible. While ALJ was factually mistaken with respect to time-gap between treatments for claimant's disabilities, instant denial was supported by medical evidence contradicting claimant's allegations of disabling pain, as well as testimony of treating physicians, who described claimant's symptoms as being benign and non-debilitating.