RIVERA-FIGUEROA v. SECRETARY OF HHS

No. 88-1461.

858 F.2d 48 (1988)

Ramona RIVERA-FIGUEROA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Dominguez Torres, Rio Piedras, P.R., and Juan A. Hernandez Rivera, Bayamon, P.R., on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

Tami T. Martin, Office of Gen. Counsel, Social Sec. Div., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Jose Blanco, 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 BOWNES, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Claimant sought disability benefits on the basis of vertigo and a mental impairment. The Secretary concluded claimant could not return to her past medium exertional level work as a cook's helper because of dizziness but could perform "a full range of medium work." Applying grid rules 203.11 (advanced age, limited education, unskilled past work, RFC for medium work) and 203.12 (advanced age, limited educational, past semi-skilled work-skills not transferable...

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