DAVIS v. SHALALA

No. 91-7453.

985 F.2d 528 (1993)

Lillie DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booker & Lassiter, Byron A. Lassiter, Fairhope, AL, for plaintiff-appellant.

J.B. Sessions, III, U.S. Atty., Mobile, AL, Bruce R. Granger, Elyse Sharfman, Joseph P. Palermo, III, Mary Ann Sloan, Mack A. Davis, Office of the General Counsel, Atlanta, GA, for defendant-appellee.

Before HATCHETT, EDMONDSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this Social Security case, as a matter of first impression in this circuit, we hold that the applicable regulations require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider the combined impact of a claimant's impairments when determining whether the claimant meets or equals the second requirement under section 12.05(C) of the Listing of Impairments.

BACKGROUND

On April 22, 1986, Lillie Davis, the appellant, applied...

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