Legal Opinion

Darrell E. NELSON, Appellant, v. Louis SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 3, 1992No. 91-2390MNPublishedCited by 131 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Claimant Darrell Nelson appeals from the district court's 1 order denying him supplemental security income benefits under Title XYI of the Social Security Act. Because substantial evidence on the record as a whole supports the Secretary’s decision, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Darrell Nelson was forty-six years old, 5’11” and weighed approximately 800 pounds at the time of the hearing on July 26, 1989. He has a seventh grade education and has past relevant work experience as a construction worker, truck driver, landscape laborer, and ore controller. He last…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Dalton BAKER, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  4. Viola BROWNING, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  5. Lorraine POLASKI, Et Al., Appellees, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by131 opinions

  1. Ramona PEREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
  2. Ingram v. Commissioner of Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
  3. Danny KEETON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  4. Sharon Bingham Matthews v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
  5. George CASTELLANO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994

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