Legal Opinion
Donna J. SWENSON, Widow of Herman J. Swenson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1989No. 88-4032PublishedCited by 569 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Donna J. Swenson appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services upholding a denial of the application of her deceased husband, Herman W. Swenson, for disability insurance benefits for a period from October 16, 1979 to April 13, 1983. Following our remand in 1984, the Secretary determined that Swenson became disabled on April 13, 1983, his 55th birthday. Mrs. Swenson contends that the Secretary erred: (1) by failing to specify reasons for discounting her husband’s testimony that he suffered from…
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