Emily W. DAY, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge:

Appellant-claimant, Emily W. Day, appeals from a judgment of the district court affirming the Secretary’s finding that claimant did not have sufficient quarters of coverage to obtain the insured status required for entitlement to retirement benefits.

Mrs. Day filed for early retirement insurance benefits in December 1980, upon attaining the age of 62. To qualify for such benefits claimant needed at least 29 quarters of coverage. See Social Security Act §§ 202(a), 214(a), as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 402(a), 414(a). Mrs. Day’s Social Security earnings record…