Hanna Miles v. Patricia Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Hanna Miles, who has a long history of lower back and leg pain, first applied for disability and disability insurance benefits in May 1974. The Social Security Administration (SSA) granted the application, and awarded benefits with an onset date of March 1974. In November 1977, however, the SSA found Miles no longer disabled and terminated her eligibility. Mrs. Miles challenges that decision.

Following the termination, an Administrative Law Judge (AU) conducted a hearing de novo to determine Miles’s eligibility. Miles testified about her condition, her…