HERNANDEZ v. WEINBERGER

No. 73-1342.

493 F.2d 1120 (1974)

Milagros Santiago HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Caspar W. WEINBERGER, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis F. Gomez, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiff, appellant.

Kathryn H. Baldwin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and Julio Morales-Sanchez, U. S. Atty., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)(1964) from the denial of Social Security benefits to a young female claimant who has alleged disability due to varicose veins since April 3, 1970. The record in this case consists of the transcript of a hearing where the claimant testified, of various medical reports, and the decision of the hearing examiner. The hearing examiner's decision, affirmed by the Appeals Council, became the decision of...

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