LOPEZ DIAZ v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, ED. AND WELFARE

No. 77-1544.

585 F.2d 1137 (1978)

Eustacia LOPEZ DIAZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elba Canales De Mattina, Salvador Tio, Santurce, P. R., Luis Amauri Suarez Zayas, Hato Rey, P. R., Jose E. Colon Santana, Jose E. Fernandez Sein, Maria E. Pico, Lirio C. Torres Sepulveda, Santurce, P. R., Maria Dolores Fernos, Hato Rey, P. R., Ana Matanzo Vicens, San Juan, P. R., and Frances Diaz Medina, Bayamon, P. R., on brief for appellant.

Julio Morales Sanchez, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Borge Varmer, Regional Atty., and Barry J. Reiber, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, New York City, on brief for appellee.

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


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (1964) from the denial of a claimant's application for disability insurance benefits. The findings of the administrative law judge became the final determination of the Secretary and were affirmed by the district court. Mindful of our limited review in such cases, our analysis of the record and relevant provisions of the Social Security Act nonetheless leads us to the conclusion that the administrative...

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