Virginia W. CALLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Otis Bowen, Secretary, Defendant-Appellee

Appellant initially applied for mother’s and child’s insurance benefits based on the disappearance of her husband. These claims were denied because the death of her husband had not been established. Appellant did not appeal this determination.

A year later, appellant filed a second set of applications for mother’s and child’s insurance benefits. These claims were denied initially because it was determined that her applications were duplicates of her initial applications. Upon reconsideration, the Secretary determined that evaluation of the new evidence which was submitted did not show that…