Legal Opinion
Luz M. SANTIAGO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 28, 1991No. 90-1840PublishedCited by 405 opinions
1Per curiam
Luz M. Santiago appeals the denial of her application for social security disability benefits. The district court adopted the report and recommendation of a magistrate and affirmed the denial. The administrative law judge (AU) made the ultimate conclusion that claimant Santiago could perform her past relevant work, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e), and was not functionally disabled. In so deciding, the AU did not distinguish whether he found the claimant capable of performing a particular past job, or the occupation as it is generally performed nationally. See Social Security Ruling (SSR) 82-61. We…
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