Alida RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee

Claimant Alida Rodriguez filed an application for Social Security disability benefits on February 7, 1986, alleging cardiac and mental impairments. Claimant had been hospitalized for an aneurysm on August 21, 1985, and underwent surgery to clip the aneurysm on September 11, 1985. After a hearing, the Administrative Law Judge (AU) found claimant not disabled at step 5 of the sequential evaluation process. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f). Focusing on claimant’s cardiac condition as an exertional impairment, the AU concluded that claimant had the residual functional capacity to perform sedentary work,…