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DIORIO v. HECKLER

No. 83-5014 Non-Argument Calendar.

721 F.2d 726 (1983)

Joseph DIORIO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kushner & Castellanos, Jeffrey Kushner, Fort Myers, Fla., Barkan & Neff Co., LPA, Sanford A. Meizlish, Columbus, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Lloyd G. Bates, Linda Collins-Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

I. Background

This case concerns the denial of disability insurance benefits to an applicant who claims to suffer severe pain but whose doctors have been unable to identify the source of pain. The district court found substantial evidence to support the Secretary of Health and Human Services' decision and affirmed the determination of non-disability. We conclude that the administrative law judge applied the wrong legal standard and...

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