MATTA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. 86-1237.

806 F.2d 287 (1986)

Angelina MATTA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gabriel E. DePass, Office of the General Counsel, Social Sec. Div., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Md., Daniel F. Lopez Romo, 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, Baltimore, Md., and John M. Sacchetti, Chief, Retirement and Survivors Ins. Litigation Branch, Washington, D.C., on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The issue here is whether claimant has the necessary number of quarters of coverage. She needs 26, but the Secretary, disbelieving claimant's contention that she has been self-employed in her home for many years selling cookies, candies, ices, and coconuts, found she had only 15. The Secretary's decision is clearly supported by substantial evidence.

Claimant first applied for benefits in 1975. She stated that she had inquired in 1972 about coverage...

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