Kostenbauder v. Secretary of Health, Education, & Welfare

OPINION

MUIR, District Judge.

Five of the above-captioned cases involve an appeal from the decision of an Administrative Law Judge, acting on behalf of the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which denied the named Plaintiff’s claim for “Black Lung” benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as amended, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq. The Reed case involves an appeal of the Secretary’s decision to deny Reed’s claim for the establishment of a period of disability or disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.

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