Hutchison v. Bowen

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Proceedings to Date

This is an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking review of the Secretary’s denial of a widow’s claim for disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 423(d)(2)(B). The claim has a tortuous procedural history that merits retelling here.

Plaintiff’s husband died in January, 1983. Within two weeks, she filed a claim for widow’s disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 423(d)(2)(B). She claimed she had been disabled since 1976 as a result of a variety of physical maladies, including breast and colon cancer, high blood pressure, a heart…