Legal Opinion
Zedore ORPHEY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1992No. 91-4590PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Zedore Orphey appeals from the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying his application for disability benefits. Because we cannot determine whether the Secretary applied the correct legal standard in assessing Orphey’s substance abuse problem, we remand the case for further consideration.
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Orphey applied for disability benefits in September of 1987, alleging that he could not work because of seizures associated with his drug , and alcohol abuse. The record reveals -that Orphey has had a substance abuse problem involving alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and intravenous drugs…
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