Legal Opinion
Clara HOLT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 1991No. 89-6010PublishedCited by 647 opinions
1Per curiam
Clara Holt appeals from the district court’s affirmance of the Secretary’s denial of disability benefits. She asserts that the Secretary did not give proper weight to her subjective complaints of pain and discomfort because he did not apply the correct legal standard to those claims. Holt also contends that the Secretary erred in finding that she was not disabled as a result of obesity and in not obtaining a medical expert to interpret the evidence of obesity that she presented. We reverse the Secretary’s determination regarding Holt’s subjective complaints and remand for the application of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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