Norma Jean MITCHELL, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

Norma Jean Mitchell appeals the district court’s order affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying her claim for disability and Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. We reverse and remand with direction to remand the proceedings to the Secretary for further hearing.

Mitchell is a fifty-one-year old female, five feet zero inches tall and weighing seventy-nine pounds. She has a twelfth grade education. She has not engaged in substantial gainful activity since March 4, 1979, her alleged onset date of disability. She last met the insured status…