Lucille Kasparek, Special Administrator of Maude C. Taylor v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in a civil action under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), to review a decision of the Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration holding that the estate of Maude C. Taylor was not entitled to widow’s insurance benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 402(e). We affirm.

The Appeals Council held that there was no basis for allowing the claim under the applicable statutory and regulatory provisions except by reopening a prior administrative determination rejecting Mrs. Taylor’s claim, and that the…