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SMALLWOOD v. CHATER

No. 94-3161.

65 F.3d 87 (1995)

Donald SMALLWOOD, Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Edwin Detlie, Ottumwa, IA, argued, for appellant.

John Beamer, Asst. U.S. Atty., Des Moines, IA, (Rhonda J. Wheeler, Don C. Nickerson, and Frank V. Smith III, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judge, and EISELE, Senior District Judge.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this Social Security disability case, Donald Smallwood maintains that the Commissioner improperly disregarded the opinion of a treating physician. We affirm.

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Smallwood seeks disability benefits starting September 14, 1991, the date of his second heart attack. Smallwood, who quit his last job two weeks before his second heart attack, has not worked since. Smallwood's heart has been damaged by coronary disease and heart...

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