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VERTIGAN v. HALTER

Government Benefits
Testimony that a Social Security disability applicant could perform personal physical activities that required some physical exertion is insufficient...

ALHAMBRA HOSP. v. THOMPSON

Government Benefits, Health Law
Under 42 CFR 412.106(a)(1)(ii), a hospital may count subacute patient days when calculating a hospital's payment for disproportionate share hospital...

SANCHEZ-BENITEZ v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits
Because it is plausible that petitioners could develop the record more fully upon knowledge that the Court was relying on 38 CFR 3.321(b)(1), the...

HALEY v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
In determining whether a isability applicant has non-exertional impairment, evidence that the applicant could perform some physical personal...

HUTSELL v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
For Social Security disability qualification, the treating physician's retention of applicant to his care, along with the opinions of other doctors...

BANKS v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
For purposes of qualifying for Social Security disability benefits, a finding of mild retardation does not necessarily qualify as a listed impairment.

LEWIS v. THOMPSON

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits
The Welfare Reform Act, which prohibited female illegal aliens from receiving Medicaid-sponsored prenatal care, is constitutional with respect to...

WOODMAN v. OFFICE OF PERS. MGMT.

Government Benefits
Where a person abandons a career as a civilian for a career in the military by actively seeking service extensions to the point where he is eligible...

MONMOUTH MED. CTR. v. THOMPSON

Government Benefits, Health Law
28 USC 1361 provides mandamus jurisdiction for hospitals seeking a recalculation of "disproportionate share hospital" payments pursuant to 42 USC...

YANCO v. US

Government Benefits
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act, 42 USC 3796-3796c, does not apply where the covered officer committed suicide because that is not a...