Genevieve G. GEORGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Claimant Genevieve G. George appeals from the district court’s order which .affirmed the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ denial of George’s claim for divorced wife’s social security insurance benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 402(b) and 416(d)(1). For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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Claimant filed her application for divorced wife’s insurance benefits on August 21, 1985. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) denied George’s claim on November 4, 1986. The Secretary denied claimant’s application upon…