Legal Opinion
18 soc.sec.rep.ser. 721, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 17,514 Nayda R. Fernandez v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 20, 1987No. 87-1130PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
On June 8, 1982 Miguel Merced filed an application for disability insurance benefits alleging disability since November 30,1980. The application was denied initially on August 9, 1982 and upon reconsideration on September 27, 1982 because Merced’s liver condition (cirrhosis due to alcoholism — inactive) was in remission. Merced did not pursue his administrative remedies and, therefore, the decision became final.
On September 1, 1984 Merced died in a car accident. On September 7, 1984, his widow Nayda R. Fernandez, as a proper party under 20 C.F.R. § 404.932 (1986), filed the current…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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