Guillermina GONZALEZ GARCIA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee

The claimant, Guillermina Gonzalez Garcia, has appealed a judgment of the United States District Court from the District of Puerto Rico which affirmed a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) denying the claimant’s application for disability insurance benefits under sections 216(i) and 223(a) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416(i) and 423(a).

Mrs. Gonzales Garcia worked as an industrial sewing machine operator for 18 years. She alleged an onset of disability of April 15, 1984 due to upper and lower back pain and nerves or anxiety. The administrative law…