Legal Opinion

Franklin B. BERNAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided June 27, 1988No. 87-1685PublishedCited by 211 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EARL E. O’CONNOR, District Judge.

Franklin B. Bernal brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (1982) after his application for Social Security disability benefits and supplemental security income was denied. The district court affirmed the decision of the administrative agency and Bernal appealed. We affirm.

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Bernal is a 47 year old man with a tenth grade education. In recent years, he has worked as a farm laborer, custodian and security guard. The claimant has a history of asthma dating back to his childhood. In 1981, Bernal’s asthma began to worsen; he then started seeing Dr. William…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bowen v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. George W. FREY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  3. Robert T. HUSTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  4. Fidelia Reyes v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  5. Lonnie E. TURNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by211 opinions

  1. Evelyn Plummer v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  2. Langley v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
  3. David W. Musgrave v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  4. Hamlin v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
  5. Chapo v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012

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