EADS v. SECRETARY OF DHHS

No. 92-1247.

983 F.2d 815 (1993)

Thomas EADS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY of The DEPARTMENT of HEALTH and HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Balanoff, Munster, IN (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Orest S. Szewciw, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dyer, IN, Michael C. Messer (argued), Kelly Rausch Larson, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Region V, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The district court affirmed the denial of social security disability benefits to Thomas Eads, who appeals. Eads suffers from poorly controlled diabetes, aggravated by extreme obesity. He claims that he cannot work because he must elevate his legs for several hours during every eight-hour period. The record before the administrative law judge contained no medical evidence directly supporting the claim, and the administrative law judge did not...

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