Mando v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Gloria Mando appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, I. Leo Glas-ser, J., affirming the determination of the Secretary of Health and Human Services that appellant and her two children were not entitled to Social Security survivors insurance benefits. The district court held that, although appellant’s husband had been absent and not heard from for at least seven years, his death would not be presumed under the applicable regulation because the record supplied a sufficient reason other than death to explain his…