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TORRES v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

No. 81-1119.

668 F.2d 67 (1981)

Ramon L. Pepin TORRES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael Carreras Valle, Rio Piedras, P. R., on brief for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond L. Acosta, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Frank V. Smith, III, Regional Atty., and Barry J. Reiber, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, New York City, on brief for defendant, appellee.

Before ALDRICH, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant applied for social security disability benefits on August 28, 1978, because of problems with the right side of his waist and back and a nervous condition. He appeals from the district court's affirmance of the denial of these benefits. On appeal he sets forth several contentions to argue that the Secretary's decision is not supported by substantial evidence and is premised, in part, on an erroneous application of the Social...

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