Legal Opinion
Betancourt Betancourt v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided January 2, 1991No. Civ. No. 90-1399 (JAF)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
This is an action under section 205(g) of the Social Security Act (“the Act”), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), to review a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”) denying plaintiff’s application for old-age insurance benefits under section 202(a), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 402(a).
Plaintiff, Angel L. Betancourt, filed two applications for retirement benefits. The first application, filed October 2, 1986, was denied on the grounds that plaintiff lacked the necessary number of quarters of coverage as required by law.1 Both…
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- Agustin GONZALEZ-AYALA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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