Legal Opinion
Donald R. Johansen v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 23, 2002No. 02-2312PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Donald Johansen applied for Social Security benefits, alleging disability due primarily to back pain and depression. The administrative law judge (“ALJ”) concluded that Johansen was not disabled, and the Appeals Council denied Johansen’s petition for review. Johansen now appeals from the district court’s judgment upholding the denial of benefits. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Johansen’s Physical Impairments
Johansen, who was forty years old at the time of the ALJ’s decision, began complaining of neck and upper back pain following a car accident in 1993. After magnetic resonance…
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