Evelyn FLYNN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

The Appellant, Evelyn Flynn, claimed Social Security disability insurance benefits on the basis of an alleged disability arising March 12, 1979, due to hypertension. The Administrative Law Judge who reviewed her case denied the claim, finding that the appellant’s hypertension did not constitute a “severe impairment” as required by 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(c) (1985). 1 Appellant then sought administrative review which was denied.

Appellant thereafter commenced this action in federal district court, alleging the Secretary’s decision was based upon incorrect principles of law and was not supported by…