Vicki BRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Vicki Bray appeals the district court’s decision that the Secretary of Health on Human Services correctly denied her request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of surviving child’s insurance benefits. Finding that the Secretary’s decision was supported by substantial evidence, we affirm.

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Vicki Bray filed an application for surviving child’s insurance benefits on the earnings of her deceased mother on October 16, 1973. At the time she filed her application, she was informed that a change in her marital status would result in a loss of her eligibility for surviving child’s benefits. See,…