Maria J. ESTRAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

On application for rehearing, we conclude that the Administrative Law Judge applied the wrong standard in determining whether Mrs. Estran’s ailments constitute severe impairments. Accordingly, we grant rehearing, set aside our prior decision, 736 F.2d 1525 (5th Cir.1984) and remand the case for further proceedings in accordance with the proper legal standard.

As set forth in our prior unpublished opinion, Maria Estran is fifty-eight years old. She is illiterate in both English and Spanish, and her IQ is 69 or less. She suffers from depressive neurosis, a somati-zation disorder, hypertrophic…