Legal Opinion
Smolen v. Chater
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1996No. 94-35056PublishedCited by 4,212 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.
Catherine Smolen appeals the decision of the district court affirming the denial by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services (“Commissioner”) of her application for disabled child’s benefits pursuant to Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416, 423 (1988 & Supp. Ill 1991).
FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In April 1966, when Smolen was five years old, she was diagnosed as having a Wilms tumor of the left kidney and a metastatic lesion in her lower right lung. On April 30, 1966, Smolen underwent surgery to have the Wilms tumor…
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