Joann GRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Appellant filed an application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income on July 28, 1981. This application was denied. On March 22, 1983, appellant filed a new application for these benefits, claiming she was disabled due to spastic paraparesis as of June 1, 1982. After a hearing in her second application, the administrative law judge (“AU”) concluded appellant’s disability did not meet or equal one of the Listed Impairments in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1 (1985). The AU also found that appellant retained the residual functional capacity to perform light…