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PORCH v. CHATER

No. 95-4025.

115 F.3d 567 (1997)

Joan M. PORCH, Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Christopher Hodge, Knob Noster, Missouri, for Appellant.

Jerry L. Short, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellee.

Before BEAM, ROSS, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Joan M. Porch appeals the district court's affirmance of a denial of Social Security benefits. Because the record does not contain substantial evidence to support the finding of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), we reverse and remand for an award of benefits.

I. BACKGROUND

Porch is a fifty-four-year-old woman with degenerative disc disease and carpal tunnel syndrome. She has a twelfth-grade education and one year of vocational...

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