SOTO v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. 85-1884.

795 F.2d 219 (1986)

Luis Santos SOTO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aurelio Saliva Mattei, Ponce, P.R., on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

Etzion Brand, Office of Gen. Counsel, Social Sec. Div., Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Fidel A. Sevillano, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., Donald A. Gonya, Chief Counsel for Social Sec., Randolph W. Gaines, Deputy Chief Counsel for Social Sec. Litigation, and A. George Lowe, Chief, Disability Litigation Branch, Baltimore, Md., on brief for defendant, appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Claimant Luis Santos Soto appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico affirming a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary") denying his application for disability benefits. We vacate the judgment of the district court and remand with instructions to remand the case to the Secretary.

Claimant applied for disability insurance benefits on July 23, 1981, alleging disability...

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