Theresa Hickman v. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal follows a summary judgment upholding the appellee’s decision to reduce the appellant’s Supplemental Security Income benefits by one-third pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1382a(a)(2)(A), for the eleven-month period during processing of appellant’s application for benefits, because during that time she was living in her mother’s household and receiving support and maintenance from her. Appellant claims that her benefits were improperly reduced because the support she received was a loan that she is obligated to repay. The Secretary counters by arguing that the…