
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 97-2135                                   ROQUE A. ALICEA,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                           COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO                    [Hon. Jose Antonio Fuste, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                               Boudin, Stahl and Lynch,                                   Circuit Judges.                                   ______________                                 ____________________            Fabio A. Roman-Garcia on brief for appellant.            _____________________            Guillermo  Gil,  United States  Attorney,  Lilliam  Mendoza-Torro,            ______________                             ______________________        Assistant  United States  Attorney,  and  Wayne  G.  Lewis,  Assistant                                                  ________________        Regional  Counsel,  Social  Security   Administration,  on  brief  for        appellee.                                 ____________________                                   FEBRUARY 4, 1997                                 ____________________                 Per Curiam.   Upon careful review of the  record and the                 __________            briefs, we conclude that the credibility issue raised in this            appeal  was  substantially  and  correctly  addressed by  the            district  court's Opinion  and Order,  dated  July 31,  1997.            Accordingly, we  affirm  the  judgment  for  essentially  the            reasons stated in that Opinion and Order.                 We add only  this comment.  We find  no reversible error            in the appeals  council's finding that "the  medical evidence            does not indicate  clinical or laboratory findings  showing a            worsening of [claimant's] condition."  Contrary to claimant's            argument,  the  additional  evidence  about  his   increasing            medications  and doctor visits did not necessarily contradict            that finding.                  Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.                 ________   ___                                         -2-
