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HARMON v. CALIFANO

No. 77-2117.

596 F.2d 621 (1979)

Cammie K. HARMON, Appellant, v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Garton Gibson, Bluefield, W. Va. (Hensley, Muth & Gibson, Bluefield, W. Va., on brief), for appellant.

James S. Arnold, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Robert B. King, U. S. Atty., Charleston, W. Va., and A. George Lowe, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Cammie K. Harmon, appeals from a decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying black lung benefits. The claimant is a retired coal miner with a sixth grade education and over 20 years of coal mine employment. After his initial request for black lung benefits was denied, the claimant requested and was granted a hearing before an administrative law judge. The evidence before the hearing examiner included: ...

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