Betty Urvina v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services
Opinion
Opinion
967 F.2d 596 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Betty URVINA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-35269. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 4, 1992. * Decided June 19, 1992. Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Plaintiff-Appellant Betty Urvina appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary on her claim for social security disability insurance benefits. We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We reverse. Urvina's Medical Background 3 Urvina was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1985. She also suffers from rheumatic heart disease, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Her rheumatic heart disease has damaged her left mitral valve with the result that she suffers from mitral valve regurgitation. Urvina's ventricular ejection fraction is 71%. This…