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PEREZ v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, ED. & WELFARE

No. 79-1208.

622 F.2d 1 (1980)

Oscar PEREZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis M. Chaves Ghigliotty, Arecibo, P. R., on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Jose A. Quiles, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Frank V. Smith, III, Acting Atty. and Barry J. Reiber, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health, Ed. and Welfare, Washington, D. C., on brief, for defendant, appellee.

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

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

After working for many years as a plumber and then as a construction supervisor, Oscar Perez applied for Social Security disability benefits in 1977, at age 47. An administrative law judge (ALJ) agreed that Perez's back, hernia, and possible heart conditions prevented him from returning to his former employment, but nevertheless found that Perez was able to perform certain light and sedentary jobs enumerated by a vocational expert. Adopting the...

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