Legal Opinion
Lawrence E. Martin v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1984No. 84-3360PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
Lawrence Martin appeals an order of the district court upholding the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny him disability insurance benefits. He urges, first, that no substantial evidence supports the Secretary’s finding that his breathing impairment — chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, chronic bronchitis, and episodic asthma — is not “severe.” (The non-severity finding by itself disqualified Martin from receiving disability benefits.) Martin also urges that the evidence before the Secretary required her to find that his impairment fits a per…
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3Cited by58 opinions
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