Kim Van Nguyen v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1996-11-20

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REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: Claimant, Kim Van Nguyen, appeals from a denial of Social Security Disability benefits and Social Security Income benefits. While he has a history of numerous medical problems, including the effects of having been shot in both legs by the Communists in 1970 when he was a soldier in the South Vietnamese army, 1 the two principal issues in this case concern the ALJ’s cons…

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