George Choratch v. Robert Finch, Secretary of Department of Health, Education and Welfare

OPINION OF THE COURT

This action was brought under § 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U. S.C. § 405(g) to review a decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying the plaintiff disability insurance benefits. Summary judgment was entered for the Secretary and the claimant now appeals.

Here, as frequently is the case, it was essential to determine whether the plaintiff’s disability at the time claimed was such that he could not “engage in any * * * substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy, regardless of whether such work exists in the immediate area in…