Edward CAFFEE, Appellant, v. the Honorable Richard SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, thereby affirming the Secretary’s order denying Social Security disability benefits and supplemental security income to appellant Edward L. Caffee. 1 For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand, directing an award of benefits.

I

Appellant is a 46 year-old former attendant in a New Jersey state mental hospital where he worked for over 20 years. Appellant’s duties required him, inter alia, to perform physical work, including…