Legal Opinion
Miguel GONZALEZ, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant/Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1990No. 87-6685PublishedCited by 433 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MUECKE, District Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s ruling upholding the Secretary’s decision denying disability benefits. We vacate the decision of the district court and remand.
BACKGROUND
Appellant is a forty-six year old male with a sixth grade education. In August 1981, while working as a meat cutter, appellant slipped and injured his back.
Several doctors examined appellant and have given differing opinions. Dr. Edward A. Smith, a neurosurgeon, found appellant to be temporarily totally disabled in March 1982 and told him to stop working. One month later, Dr. W. Gordon Smith…
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3Cited by433 opinions
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