Legal Opinion
Miguel LOPEZ-CARDONA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 13, 1984No. 84-1420PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
Claimant, born in 1939 and second grade educated, bases disability on a physical disorder (back, leg, neck pain) and a mental disorder. Claimant’s private psychiatrist submitted three reports describing claimant’s limitations and claimant testified to pain and nervousness. The Administrative Law Judge (AU) noted claimant trembled at the hearing, exhibited “an obvious physical discomfort,” and “appeared in mental distress.” He found “claimant’s demeanor and testimony” “fully credible” and concluded claimant was disabled due to a severe mental condition. The Appeals Council on its own…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- William Edward Goodermote v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Dalton BAKER, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- 7 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 1373, 1979 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 23,573 General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy Shipbuilding Division v. Occupational Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Wood v. SchweikerDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1982
- Bohr v. SchweikerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Luther D. Mullen v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Richard G. Shepherd v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Gaynell McCuin v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Bauzo v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Kellough v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Nelda A. Parker v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Autry R. Hand v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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