Court Affirms Denial of Disability Benefits

ST. LOUIS - A federal court has affirmed a decision to deny disability benefits to a former employee at a tool and die firm who contended that a host of pulmonary and other ailments exacerbated from workplace conditions make it impossible for her to work. Cagle v. Astrue, No. 1:09CV40HEA/MLM (E.D. Mo.).

A March 30 Report and Recommendation by a magistrate judge was adopted on April 19 by Judge Henry E. Autrey of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Aldina R. Cagle filed an application for Social Security disability on Dec. 13, 2006, saying that her …