Pansy Sellars v. Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare

This is an appeal by the claimant Pansy Sellars from a denial of a claim for disability insurance benefits under the provisions of Sections 216(i) and 223 of the Social Security Act as amended. 42 U.S.C. §§ 416(i) and 423. After the application was initially disallowed, a request for hearing was filed and testimony taken on February 11, 1970, at Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The hearing examiner found that the claimant’s evidence failed to establish the existence of any disability that would prevent claimant from engaging in substantial gainful activity at her customary occupation for a continuous…