Publication Date: 2019-02-27
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Federal Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tammy Harvey, Felton, DE, pro se plaintiff. Eric P. Kressman, Regional Counsel, and Annie Kernicky, Assistant Deputy Regional Counsel, Office of the Regional Chief, Social Security Administration, Philadelphia, PA; David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
for defendant: Heather Benderson, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
Case Number: D68472
Claimant not entitled to SSI benefits, where substantial evidence supported the conclusion that her disability was caused by her alcoholism, since the Social Security Act precluded benefits for claimants disabled by alcoholism or drug addiction.