Ballard v. Berryhill

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION John Ballard ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 17 CV 50106 ) Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting ) Commissioner of Social Security,1 ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This is a Social Security disability appeal. Plaintiff’s primary impairment is back and neck pain stemming from a forklift accident in the early 1990s. Plaintiff alleges that he cannot work now because of severe pain, numbness, and dizziness. He claims that his current condition was caused by the long ago accident, but that…