Joseph JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Johnson appeals the district court’s order denying his claim for disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 423. We affirm.

I

Johnson filed his application for Title II social security benefits on February 22, 1985, alleging disability since August 15, 1978, resulting from a back injury sustained in a car accident. 1 The Social Security Administration denied Johnson’s application. On July 29, 1986, an administrative law judge (ALJ) held that the appellant was not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act. On January 5, 1987, the Appeals Council…