David Swain v. Commissioner of Social Security

HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge.

David Swain appeals from the district court’s affirmance of the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision denying his application for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) on the basis that he was not disabled prior to the expiration of his insured status in March 2002. We affirm.

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Swain alleges that he became disabled in August 2000, when he aggravated a prior back injury while lifting a heavy pot. His insured status expired on March 31, 2002. Swain has an extensive record of physician visits. 1 He first sought treatment for his injury in December…