Legal Opinion
Ordean L. NELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1991No. 90-5582PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Per curiam
In this Social Security disability case, the claimant Ordean L. Nelson challenges the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ findings that his medical condition has improved and that there are a significant number of jobs in the national economy which he can perform. The Secretary’s decision is supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole, and thus we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the Government.
Claimant’s application for disability benefits on September 25, 1980, asserted that a back injury suffered in a workplace accident had become so severe that…
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