Legal Opinion
Elmer G. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1985No. 84-5016PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
An applicant for Social Security disability and supplemental security income (SSI) benefits appeals a determination that he was not disabled within the meaning of the statute. Although the applicant has submitted evidence of a deterioration in his condition subsequent to the Secretary’s decision that might support a determination of present disability, we affirm the district court’s judgment because there was substantial evidence on the record before the Secretary, considered as a whole, to support the denial of benefits, leaving the applicant the possible remedy…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Heckler v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Catherine SZUBAK, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Samuel A. Ferguson v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Joseph A. Demandre v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Claudie F. Jones v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Renee S. Phillips v. Jo Anne B. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Donald G. Hargis v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Evelyn Grace DAWKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Louise HAYWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Jacqueline BRADLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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