Legal Opinion
Awilda CASSAS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 9, 1990No. 89-1543PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Claimant, basing disability on diabetes, high blood pressure, thrombophlebitis, arthritis, ulcers, and a vaginal condition, sought widows’ insurance benefits. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) concluded that as of August 4, 1987 — but not before then — claimant met listing 9.08A for diabetes and, hence, was entitled to benefits. Claimant contends that she has been totally disabled since 1981 and seeks benefits for an earlier period as well. A claimant is not entitled to widows’ disability benefits until age 50. 1 42 U.S.C. § 402(e). As claimant was born in May 1936, she…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ethel TOLANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Margarette H. Paris v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- D. Beryl Kier v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Joan W. WILLEFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
3Cited by13 opinions
- 30 soc.sec.rep.ser. 128, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 15523a in Re Petition of Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services. William Wilkerson, Robert J. Gardner and William E. Smith, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Honorable John B. Hannum, Nominal William Wilkerson, Robert J. Gardner and William E. Smith, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, (Two Cases) William Wilkerson, Robert J. Gardner and William E. Smith, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- 32 soc.sec.rep.ser. 494, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 15908a Esther Marcus v. Louis v. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Ellen J. RUFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary, HHS, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Jeannette DAVIDSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Marilyn FINKELSTEIN, Appellee, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
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