Legal Opinion

Kenneth ORLANDO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 5, 1985No. 84-2283PublishedCited by 92 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Kenneth Orlando appeals the district court’s judgment upholding the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ denial of his application for Social Security benefits. We affirm.

I

The claimant, a 34 year-old Illinois resident with a twelfth grade education and a vocational background of employment as a janitor and as an assembler of rollaway beds, applied for disability benefits alleging that he was disabled because of scoliosis (abnormal curvature of the spine), mental impairment and hearing problems. Orlando submitted medical records revealing that he has congenital…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wendell L. Stephens, Sr. v. Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  2. John M. ZALEWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  3. Irene GARFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  4. Mary Joyce ZBLEWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  5. Strittmatter v. SchweikerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by92 opinions

  1. C. Etta Rice v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
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  4. Cristobal SANCHEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. Eddie SINGLETARY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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