CARRADINE v. BARNHART

No. 02-4318.

360 F.3d 751 (2004)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Shull (argued), Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Shea L. Bond (argued), Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Applicants for social security benefits who claim to be disabled from working because of extreme pain make the job of a social security administrative law judge a difficult one. Medical science confirms that pain can be severe and disabling even in the absence of "objective" medical findings, that is, test results that demonstrate a physical condition that normally causes pain of the severity claimed by the applicant. E.g., Dennis C. Turk &...

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