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- Title: Burch V. Barnhart
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Release Date : January 20, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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Deborah L. Burch appeals the district court's order affirming the decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"), which denied her applications for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act ("Act"). Burch alleged disability based on breast cancer, asthma, back pain, weakness, and depression. She contends that the ALJ committed the following errors which were overlooked by the district court: (1) rejecting her pain testimony without articulating a legally sufficient reason, and (2) failing to adequately consider her obesity throughout the sequential disability analysis. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and affirm.