Felicita MUNOZ, Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard February 6, 1986.
Decided April 23, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Manuel Medina Jaca, Rio Piedras, P.R., for plaintiff, appellant.
Mary Gludt, Social Security Administration, with whom Nathan K. Kobin, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Baltimore, Md., Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., Randolph W. Gaines, Deputy Asst. Gen. Counsel for Litigation, Office of the Gen. Counsel, and A. George Lowe, Chief, Disability Litigation Branch, Baltimore, Md., were on brief for defendant, appellee.
Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a sixty-two year old woman, is a former cook's helper who seriously injured her right hand. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) denied her claim for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C. § 423. It decided that she had not shown any impairment that "significantly limits" her "ability to do basic work activity;" hence, she was disqualified from proceeding...
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