Lavada J. Nettles v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health & Human Services

WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a social security case in which the claimant, Lavada Nettles, appeals from the district court’s order upholding the Secretary of Health and Human Service’s denial of disability insurance benefits. Nettles’ claim resulted from a fall which occurred at the Mar-Bax Shirt Company, her former employer, on April 29, 1985. Since that time, the claimant has sought various treatments for the severe back pain she claims to experience. She alleges that she cannot walk normally and suffers numbness in her legs. The claimant also allegedly suffers from persistent…