Legal Opinion
Wyatt Q. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1988No. 87-4117PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
Wyatt Q. Smith appeals the district court’s order affirming the Secretary’s decision that Smith’s seizure disorder was not of disabling severity on the date his insured status expired, September 30, 1976. The Administrative Law Judge (AU) found that Smith was disabled prior to September 30, 1976, but the Appeals Council reversed that finding because of a lack of detailed medical records documenting the seizures from 1972, when Smith last worked, through 1976. Smith contends that the Appeals Council erred in three respects: it ignored evidence establishing his earlier…
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