SMALLS v. SHALALA

No. 91-5335.

996 F.2d 413 (1993)

Zeleta M. SMALLS, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Billman, Stafford, VA, for appellant.

Claire M. Whitaker, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John D. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee. Robert L. Shapiro, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, DC, also entered an appearance, for appellee.

Before: MIKVA, Chief Judge, WALD and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Chief Judge:

On January 12, 1988, Ms. Smalls filed a claim for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act ("Act") 42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq., alleging that she had been disabled since November 30, 1983 because of phlebitis in her left leg. The Secretary of Health and Human Services applied the medical vocational guidelines ("grids") to Ms. Smalls' case and determined...

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