REYES v. BOWEN

No. 86-1173.

845 F.2d 242 (1988)

Fidelia REYES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Pacheco-Ghelieh (Brian Patrick Lawlor of Colorado Rural Legal Services, Inc., Denver, Colo., with her on the briefs) of Colorado Rural Legal Services, Inc., Pueblo, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bill Pharo (Robert N. Miller, U.S. Atty., and James R. Cage, Asst. U.S. Atty., with him on the brief), Asst. U.S. Atty., for defendant-appellee. Ronald S. Luedeman, Chief Counsel, Region VIII, Thomas A. Nelson, Deputy Chief Counsel, Region VIII, and Jeffrey C. Blair, Asst. Regional Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, of counsel.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and McKAY and TACHA, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

This case, under the Social Security Act, involves the denial of Reyes's claim for supplemental security income based on disability. Reyes was 56 years old when she applied for benefits on June 23, 1982. She has a third grade education and has worked an an agricultural laborer. She suffers from poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, obesity (she is 5' 3" tall and weighs about 200 pounds), and degenerative arthritis. Her application was denied at...

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