Constance DION, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellant

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, defendant-appellant, appeals from a judgment in favor of Constance Dion, plaintiff-appellee, by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The district court reversed the Secretary’s decision to offset a retroactive payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) by the amount of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the same period, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-6 (1982). We affirm the district court.

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A disabled person may qualify both for SSDI under Title II of the Social…