Roscoe E. Reams v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Roscoe E. Reams, by complaint filed in the United States district court, sought to overturn a final adjudication by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying him Social Security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. §§ 416 (i), 423. Judge McManus dismissed the complaint, and Reams filed this appeal.

We consider the same issue that Reams submitted to the district court; whether substantial evidence supports the Secretary’s finding of fact that Reams’ dis ability produced by pulmonary emphysema did not prevent him from “engaging in substantial gainful activity”.

Reams’ emphysematous…