Legal Opinion
Floyd F. Cavitt v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1983No. 82-1411PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a district court judgment upholding the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ denial of disability insurance benefits to Floyd F. Cavitt. 1 Jurisdiction is based on 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reverse.
1. Background
To ensure uniformity in adjudication of claims for disability benefits, the Secretary has since 1979 employed a systematized sequential evaluation scheme to determine whether claimants are disabled. The scheme is set forth in 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520 (1982). 2
Progressing through the steps of the scheme, the Secretary…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Curtis H. Smith, Agu-Fj-Nqfa v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Emett D. Simmons, Sr. v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Carl B. Cagle v. Joseph Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Gomesindo R. Perez v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary, Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Sharon N. RAGLAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Channel v. HecklerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Patricia Wages v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Betty F. ROUSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Audette KEMP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
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