AWAD v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. 83-1288.

734 F.2d 288 (1984)

Jeries AWAD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Farber (argued), Lakin, Worsham & Victor, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard R. Gilman, U.S. Atty., Karl Overman, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before KENNEDY and CONTIE, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, District Judge.


CONTIE, Circuit Judge.

Jeries Awad appeals the district court's order upholding the Secretary's determination that Awad is not entitled to disability benefits because he has failed to follow a prescribed course of treatment. We affirm.

Awad was injured in a car accident in December 1979. Since that time he has experienced some difficulty with his back. Virtually all of the medical evidence indicates that Awad's problems stem from his lower vertebrae and discs...

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