Louis Martin v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services

9 F.3d 1552 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Louis MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, ** Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-55507. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 8, 1993. * Decided Oct. 22, 1993. 1 Before: HALL and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, *** District Judge 2 MEMORANDUM **** 3 Louis Martin appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Martin's action challenging HHS's denial of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits. We affirm. 4 * We will set aside a denial of benefits by HHS "only if the Secretary's findings are based upon legal error or are not supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole." Taylor v. Heckler, 765 F.2d 872, 875 (9th Cir.1985) (emphasis deleted). 1 A. Equivalence to Epilepsy 5 A disability…