Legal Opinion
Spears v. Heckler
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 8, 1985No. 83 Civ. 6128(RJW)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.
This action is brought pursuant to sections 205(g) and 1631(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (the “Act”) as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3), for judicial review of a final decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”), denying plaintiff’s application for supplemental security income based on disability (“SSI”) (hereinafter “disability benefits”). The Secretary held that plaintiff was not under a “disability” within the meaning of the Act during the period in question because plaintiff’s impairments were not “severe” as that…
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