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ELAM v. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BD.

No. 89-3634.

921 F.2d 1210 (1991)

Louis E. ELAM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Babboni, St. Petersburg, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Michael Moran, U.S. Railroad Retirement Bd., Tampa, Fla., Edward S. Hintzke, Steven A. Bartholow, Board Members of U.S. Railroad Retirement Bd., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Louis Elam appeals from the Railroad Retirement Board's denial of disability benefits. He contends that the Board improperly discounted evidence that his injuries cause him pain sufficient to establish disability. He further asserts that the Board erred by not applying the correct legal standard to his testimony concerning pain and by giving insufficient reason for discrediting the opinions of two doctors who found him to be disabled...

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