MARTIN v. HECKLER

No. 84-3360 Summary Calendar.

748 F.2d 1027 (1984)

Lawrence E. MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Pedeaux, Richard B. Stricks, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

John P. Volz, U.S. Atty., Nancy A. Nungesser, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL, and TATE, Circuit Judges.


TATE, Circuit Judge:

Lawrence Martin appeals an order of the district court upholding the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny him disability insurance benefits. He urges, first, that no substantial evidence supports the Secretary's finding that his breathing impairment — chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, chronic bronchitis, and episodic asthma — is not "severe." (The non-severity finding by itself disqualified Martin from...

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