ALLORD v. BARNHART

No. 05-3773.

455 F.3d 818 (2006)

Gary ALLORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily M. Feinstein, Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, Walter Bruce Shirk (argued), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mary Thorson (argued), Social Security Administration Office of the General Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Gary Allord is embarked on a quest, thus far unsuccessful, for social security disability benefits. He is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran conceded to be suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, but because he lost social security coverage in 1992 he cannot obtain benefits unless he proves that his PTSD was disabling then, as it is now.

He was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in 1987 and had difficulty adjusting...

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