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LOPEZ-CARDONA v. SEC. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV.

No. 84-1420.

747 F.2d 1081 (1984)

Miguel LOPEZ-CARDONA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvador Medina de la Cruz, Rio Piedras, P.R., on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., and Nathan Kobin, Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Social Security Division, Washington, D.C., on brief for defendant, appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

Claimant, born in 1939 and second grade educated, bases disability on a physical disorder (back, leg, neck pain) and a mental disorder. Claimant's private psychiatrist submitted three reports describing claimant's limitations and claimant testified to pain and nervousness. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) noted claimant trembled at the hearing, exhibited "an obvious physical discomfort," and "appeared in mental distress." He found "claimant's demeanor...

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