Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit January 8, 1987, 86-1573 (Dan RICHARDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee)

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Dan Richardson challenges the denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits. He argues that the Secretary

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should have considered evidence of medical improvement in ruling on his application, or at least should be required to reopen a prior case that terminated Richardson’s disability benefits to consider medical improvement.