Legal Opinion

Sonia CARLSON, Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 24, 1996No. 95-3169PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Sonia Carlson appeals the district court’s 1 decision summarily affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) denial of her June 1992 application for disability-insurance benefits. We affirm.

I

At the time of the hearing before the ALJ, Carlson was thirty-one years old. She has a high-school education and had previously performed skilled work. On February 28, 1990, Carlson injured her back at work and was diagnosed as having acute low back strain. At the hearing, she testified to constant pain in the center of her lower back and legs and numbness in her lower extremities.

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lorraine POLASKI, Et Al., Appellees, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  2. Corkie R. Robinson v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. Nadine BENSKIN, Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
  4. Dorothy M. RILEY, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  5. Leo MITCHELL, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Sheila J. Young v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  2. William B. Johnson v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
  3. Coleman v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  4. Larry L. REYNOLDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  5. Sydney FENTON, Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998

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