Legal Opinion
Louis E. Elam v. Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 1991No. 89-3634PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:
Louis Elam appeals from the Railroad Retirement Board’s denial of disability benefits. He contends that the Board improperly discounted evidence that his injuries cause him pain sufficient to establish disability. He further asserts that the Board erred by not applying the correct legal standard to his testimony concerning pain and by giving insufficient reason for discrediting the opinions of two doctors who found him to be disabled. We reverse and remand to the Board with directions to enter a finding of total disability.
BACKGROUND
Louis Elam worked as a…
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