MURPHY v. ASTRUE

No. 06-2422.

496 F.3d 630 (2007)

Vicki MURPHY, on behalf of Nathan Murphy, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcie E. Goldbloom, Heather F. Aloe (argued), Daley, Debofsky & Bryant, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the United States Attorney, Sara E. Zeman, Malinda Caroline Hamann (argued), Social Security Administration Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Nathan Murphy, a minor, applied for Supplemental Security Income after being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Although the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found that Nathan exhibited marked difficulty in one domain of functioning, the ALJ denied benefits because impairment in two domains is required to qualify for coverage. In reaching his decision, the ALJ relied in part on documents he obtained from Nathan's...

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