EDWARDS BY EDWARDS v. HECKLER

No. 83-7608.

755 F.2d 1513 (1985)

David W. EDWARDS, a minor under the age of nineteen years, by his next friend, Carolyn EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Caley, Legal Services Corp. of Alabama, Dothan, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Calvin C. Pryor, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Carl H. Harper, Regional Atty., Dept. of H.H.S., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and THORNBERRY, Senior Circuit Judge.


GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

This appeal involves the denial of child disability insurance benefits to an 18 year-old with low I.Q. who suffers from exercise induced asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that claimant had no severe impairment and denied benefits. When the Appeals Council declined to review this determination, the finding of non-disability became the Secretary's final decision. The district court found...

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