THOMAS v. COLVIN

No. 13-2602.

745 F.3d 802 (2014)

Mildred THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Edward Horn , Attorney, Tinley Park, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Javitt J. Adili , Attorney, Social Security Administration Office of the General Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Mildred Thomas suffers from a number of potentially-disabling impairments, including sciatica, angina, degenerative disc disease, fibromyalgia, and diabetes. The Social Security Administration denied her request for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. The district court affirmed on appeal. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

Thomas filed an application for disability insurance benefits in December 2009, claiming...

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