Luis Velez v. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

The issues on appeal in this Social Security case are whether the district court erred in reversing the Secretary’s finding that appellee does not meet the insured status requirement, 42 U.S.C. §§ 423(a)(1)(A) and (c)(l)(B)(i), 1 and in granting appellee’s application for disability benefits, even though the Secretary had not considered whether appellee was disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 423(a)(1)(D) and 423(d).

Appellee, a self-employed farmer, applied for disability insurance benefits in 1973, alleging that he became disabled on…