Legal Opinion
John F. WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1992No. 91-2396PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOWD, District Judge.
John Walker (hereafter “Walker”) appeals from the denial of disability insurance benefits contending that the Administrative Law Judge (hereafter “AU”) failed to give due deference to the opinions of various treating physicians. Walker also argues that the AU failed to consider all of Walker’s functional limitations in reaching his decision; specifically, the AU did not consider Walker’s limitations in the mental residual functional capacity.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Walker was born on February 24, 1946 and was 44 years old on the date the Secretary of Health and Human…
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