Legal Opinion
Roscoe Simms v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 27, 1989No. 88-5198PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Roscoe C. Simms challenges a district court order, granting summary judgment to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who denied Simms’s application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. We conclude that the Secre tary failed adequately to develop the record concerning appellant’s disability claim. Accordingly, we remand the matter to the Secretary for further proceedings.
I. Background
Appellant is 40 years old and has an eleventh grade education. In 1964, he lost his left arm below…
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