Legal Opinion
Neva SPELLMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1993No. 91-7390PublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Neva Spellman appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”). Spellman argues that the Secretary erred in determining the onset date of her disability and failed to give proper weight to her treating physician’s opinion that she was incapable of performing sedentary work. Because the Secretary failed to determine properly the onset date of Spell-man’s disability, we affirm the district court’s judgment in part and reverse and remand in part.
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Spellman is a sixty-nine year old woman with a…
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