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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

Uaited States CO\~rt ~! Appea 5 

Tenth C1rr:ut. 

AUG 9 1989 

VERA HOUSE, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

OTIS R . . BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of 

t he Department of Health and 

Human Services, 

Defendant-Appellee. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 87-2861 

(D.C. No. 86-2494-A) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

Befor e LOGAN, SEYMOUR, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

Claimant appeals from an order of the district court 

affirming a decision of the Secretary which denied claimant's 

claims for disability benefits and supplemental security income 

benefits. On appeal, claimant argues (1) the district court erred 

in holding that the Secretary had given sufficient weight to the 

opi nion of claimant's treating physician and (2) the district 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

t he case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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court erred in holding that the Secretary had correctly evaluated 

claimant's complaints of pain. 1 

Upon consideration of the briefs, record on appeal, and 

relevant case law, we AFFIRM the judgment of the United States 

District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma for 

substantially the reasons stated in the district court's order 

filed October 19, 1987. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

1 After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has 

determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

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