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KRYSZTOFORSKI v. CHATER

No. 94-1886.

55 F.3d 857 (1995)

Joseph KRYSZTOFORSKI, Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Adam Sagan, Flager & Sagan, Trevose, PA, James B. Mogul (argued), Sagan & Greenberg, Bensalem, PA, for appellant.

Margaret J. Krecke (argued), Department of Health & Human Services, DHHS/OGC/Region III, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee.

Before: MANSMANN, SCIRICA, and SAROKIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

The issues presented are whether workers' compensation benefits for specific loss of use of a particular body part constitute "disability" benefits for purposes of offset against Social Security Disability Insurance ("SSDI") benefits and whether workers' compensation for one injury may be offset against SSDI benefits for a separate, unrelated injury. We conclude that the compensation paid is a disability benefit, and that...

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