Billy WHITMORE, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Billy Whitmore appeals from a district court 1 order denying his motion for summary judgment and granting the motion for summary judgment of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary). The district court’s order affirmed the Secretary’s decision denying Whitmore’s application for social security disability benefits. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

BACKGROUND

Whitmore is a fifty-year-old male with a tenth-grade education who has worked as an inspector, foreman, welder, and service station attendant. He .claims that he became totally disabled no…