Gary BEAUVOIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Gary Beauvoir appeals from Judge Raggi’s decision upholding the Social Security Administration’s denial of disability insurance benefits to Beauvoir beyond September 30, 1990. Beauvoir asserts that he continues to suffer from an inability to speak that constitutes a listed impairment under 20 C.F.R. § 404, Subpart P, App. 1, Listing 2.09 (“Listing 2.09”). We hold that Beauvoir’s ability to speak in a sustained whisper is not within Listing 2.09’s description of an “[o]rganic loss of speech.”

Beauvoir applied for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.…