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FRUGE v. HARRIS

No. 80-3476 Summary Calendar.

631 F.2d 1244 (1980)

Howard FRUGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia Roberts HARRIS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

December 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Pucheu, Eunice, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leven H. Harris, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and TATE, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Howard Fruge appeals a denial of social security benefits. We reverse and remand.

Appellant injured his left knee in June 1976 while working on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico. In July 1976 he was twice hospitalized. During the second confinement Dr. Lionel Mayer, an orthopedic surgeon, removed the medial meniscus from his left knee. It was also determined that the anterior cruciate ligament was stretched. Fruge recovered satisfactorily...

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