August 20, 1993

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 92-2330

                                FELICITA FERRER-CRUZ,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                       SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO


                    [Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                              Torruella, Cyr and Boudin,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Raymond Rivera Esteves and Juan A.  Hernandez Rivera on brief  for
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        appellant.
            Daniel  F.  Lopez  Romo,  United  States  Attorney,  Jose  Vazquez
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        Garcia,  Assistant  United  States  Attorney, and  Nancy  B.  Salafia,
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        Assistant Regional  Counsel, Department of Health  and Human Services,
        on brief for appellee.


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                      Per Curiam.  We  have carefully reviewed the record
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            and  conclude   that   substantial  evidence   supports   the

            Secretary's determination that  claimant Felicita Ferrer Cruz

            retained the ability to perform a particular past job and was

            not entitled to social security disability benefits.  We have

            considered  all of  claimant's  arguments  and, finding  them

            without  merit, affirm  the  judgment of  the district  court

            essentially  on  the basis  of the  magistrate-judge's report

            adopted by the district court.  We add only these comments.

                      While we agree with  claimant that the "B" criteria

            of  the Appeals  Council's psychiatric review  technique form

            show a severe mental impairment,  the claimant failed to meet

            her relatively minimal initial burden to show both the mental

            demands of her  former work  and how those  work duties  were

            compromised by  her mental condition.   Santiago v. Secretary
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            of Health & Human Services. 944  F.2d 1, 6-7 (1st Cir.  1991)
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            ("[T]he  kind  of  foundation  that  the  claimant  must  lay

            requires no more than putting into issue functional loss that

            precludes  performance of pertinent prior work activities.").

            Based  upon claimant's  description of  her previous  work as

            secretary/receptionist at  a photo studio, it  is not obvious

            how  her  mental condition,  a generalized  anxiety disorder,

            precluded her prior work.  In addition, we note that although

            claimant  filed an  application  alleging disability  due to,

            inter alia, "nerves",  there is no evidence that claimant was
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            ever  treated  or  followed   for  any  mental  or  emotional

            condition.  Even  if we  were to conclude  that claimant  had

            sufficiently raised the issue of her inability to perform the

            actual mental  demands of her former job,  where no treatment

            whatsoever was obtained, the ALJ  was entitled to decide that

            claimant's  relatively mild  mental condition  only minimally

            affected  her  ability  to perform  her  self-described  work

            duties.   See, e.g., Irlanda  Ortiz v. Secretary  of Health &
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            Human Services, 955 F.2d  765, 769-70 (1st Cir. 1991);  Perez
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            Torres  v.  Secretary of  Health &  Human Services,  890 F.2d
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            1251, 1255  (1st Cir.  1989).  In  sum, substantial  evidence

            supports the  Secretary's determination that  claimant failed

            to carry her burden of showing that her impairments prevented

            her return to her past work.

                      Affirmed.
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