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Barnhart v. Walton
Citation:
535 U.S. 212, 79 Soc. Sec. Rep. Serv. 1 (2002)Facts
In 1994, Cleveland Walton developed a serious mental illness involving schizophrenia and associated depression, which caused him to lose his job as a full-time teacher on October 31, 1994. By mid-1995, he began working part-time as a cashier, and by December 1995, he was working as a cashier full-time. In 1996, Walton applied for both Title II disability insurance benefits and Title XVI Supplemental Security Income. The Social Security Administration found that Walton’s mental illness had prevented him from engaging in substantial gainful activity for 11 months—from October 31, 1994, until the end of September 1995. Because the statute required an inability to engage in substantial gainful activity lasting at least 12 months, the Agency denied Walton’s claim. Walton argued that the 12-month duration requirement applied only to the “impairment” and not to the “inability” to work, and alternatively, that his impairment could have been expected to last 12 months before he returned to work.
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