U.S. District Court Denies Disability Benefits

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The plaintiff was 51 years old at the time of the administrative hearing on disability benefits, after which his claim was denied. The plaintiff obtained his high school degree and had past relevant work experience as a mechanic's helper and a heavy equipment operator. He alleged disability due to degenerative disc disease and arthritis and now argues that the commissioner failed to consider the medical evidence of record properly.

Ruling: The court, reviewing the way in which the ALJ accorded evidentiary weight to the testimony of different physicians, is unable to find substantial evidence supporting the denial of benefits. The ALJ did not adequately explain how the medical findings were evaluated, and much of the evidence helpful to the plaintiff was implicitly rejected by the ALJ's findings.

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U.S. District Court Denies Disability Benefits

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