Jimmie Rose v. Wilbur Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court affirming the final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, which denied appellant’s application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, §§ 216(i) and 223, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416(i) and 423. The appeal was submitted to the Court on briefs and the record without oral argument.

The only question before us is whether the Secretary’s finding that appellant is able to engage in substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy is supported by substantial evidence in the record.

Appellant is a 58-year…