Sarah E. Healea v. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services

BAUER, Chief Judge.

Sarah E. Healea is a 69-year-old widow who, in 1976, began receiving widow’s insurance benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA) under Title II of the Social Security Act (the Act). In October, 1982, Mrs. Healea applied for and eventually received Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pursuant to Title XYI of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq., to augment her Title II benefits. On August 10, 1984, an Ad ministrative Law Judge (AU) determined that the SSA had overpaid Mrs. Healea $1,419.40 in widow’s benefits in 1978, 1979, and 1980. The AU further concluded that…