USCA1 Opinion

       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 99-1221



                          LUIS LOURIDO,



                      Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                v.



                 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,



                       Defendant, Appellee.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



        [Hon. Juan M. Perez-Gimenez, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                     Torruella, Chief Judge,

                       Selya and Boudin,

                        Circuit Judges.

                                

                                

                                

                                

     Raymond Rivera Esteves on brief for appellant.

     Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Lilliam Mendoza Toro,

Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Robert J. Triba, Chief Counsel, Social

Security Administration, on brief for appellee.











NOVEMBER 1, 1999







                                

                                

        Per Curiam.  We affirm the judgment for substantially

   the reasons stated by the district court.  The appellant

   failed to support his claim of severe impairment with medical

   evidence concerning the insured period and the decision of

   the administrative law judge was supported by substantial

   evidence.  See Vazquez Vargas v. Secretary of Health and

   Human Services, 838 F.2d 6 (1st Cir. 1988)(per curiam).

        Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.