Legal Opinion
Wanda S. FLATEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1995No. 19-16511PublishedCited by 803 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Wanda S. Flaten appeals the ruling of the district court affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health & Human Services (the “Secretary”) to deny disability benefit payments under section 223 of the Social Security Act (the “Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 423(a)(1). Flaten argues that the district court erred because her current disability, resulting from degenerative disc disease, should relate back to a prior period when she required surgery and was unable to work because of effects of the same disease. Because the prior period of disability occurred before the…
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