RAMIREZ v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, ED. & WELFARE

No. 75-1129.

528 F.2d 902 (1976)

Aleja RAMIREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horacio R. Subira Hijo, San Juan, P.R., on brief for plaintiff-appellant.

Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Julio Morales Sanchez, U.S. Atty., Morton Hollander, and John M. Rogers, Attys., App. Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for defendant-appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Aleja Ramirez applied for disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 423, claiming that asthma and arthritis made it impossible for her to work. The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare found that she had failed to establish a disability before 1963, when she last met the special earnings requirements of § 423, and denied the application. The district court affirmed, and this appeal followed.

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