ALJ Error Disability Benefits.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: L.D.R. v. Nancy A. Berryhill

Case No.: 18-1763

Officials: BAUER, ROVNER, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.

Focus: ALJ Error Disability Benefits

A mother contests the decision that her minor son (whom we refer to as L.D.R.) did not qualify for social security disability benefits until second grade. She also seeks retroactive payments for the first year of L.D.R.'s life, before she applied for assistance, challenging the constitutionality of social security laws that bar benefits before application.

We conclude that the administrative law judge's opinion was properly reasoned and well supported by substantial evidence. We also reject the mother's constitutional challenge to the social security laws and agree...