Lloyd A. Chandler v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Lloyd Chandler appeals from the district court’s 1 judgment affirming the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ final decision denying disability benefits, and from the denial of his motion to remand for consideration of new medical evidence. The Secretary based the denial of benefits on a finding that Chandler is capable of returning to relevant past work. The district court denied the motion to remand because the allegedly new medical evidence was cumulative, and not inconsistent with the Secretary’s findings. We affirm.

Chandler, a thirty-one year old male, suffered a back and shoulder…