Legal Opinion
Robert H. KANE, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 12, 1985No. 85-3119PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Acting Chief Judge.
This appeal from a denial of disability benefits focuses primarily on the importance of a claimant’s age in the determination whether he can perform substantial gainful activity and therefore is not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act. The Social Security Administration (SSA) employs guidelines on disability determinations that consider age as well as other factors; the agency classifies persons between the ages of 45 and 64 in five-year categories. Because the age of the claimant in this proceeding was close to the border…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by91 opinions
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