Legal Opinion
Betty L. VARNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1988No. 87-6075PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Betty Varney appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny her application for Social Security disability benefits. We reverse the district court’s decision and remand Varney’s case for further proceedings.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
The claimant, Betty Varney, was born in 1932. She has a high school equivalency degree and worked at a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled jobs until December 1981, when she suffered a heart attack. She underwent triple coronary bypass surgery in February 1982, and…
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