Legal Opinion
Jorge Rafael Rico v. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 14, 1979No. 78-1314PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Jorge Rafael Rico has appealed from the district court’s affirmance of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare’s denial of his application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 423. The Secretary had adopted the decision of the administrative law judge (ALJ), which the Appeals Council approved without an opinion, finding claimant not to be disabled.
Claimant alleges disability due to the effects of high blood pressure, heart trouble, and arthritis. He is in his mid-fifties and has completed high school and two years of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Manuel A. Miranda v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Pedro Reyes Robles v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- Leonard Caswell v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Dorothy Thompson v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Baith v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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