Joseph JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that treatable conditions, including pain, cannot be the basis of a disabled rating
• “Although he diagnosed Johnson as suffering from a degenerative disc disease, he concluded that when Johnson took the prescribed painkilling medicine, he was able to function well.”
• “Even if [the claimant] were found to be disabled ..., he would still not be entitled to recover benefits inasmuch as he failed to follow the treatment regime prescribed by his physicians”

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