Bruce Pierce v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Bruce Pierce, brought this action in the District Court to review a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare that he was not entitled to disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act which, in so far as is here pertinent, provides in § 216(i) (1), 42 U.S. C.A. § 416(i) (1), that:

“ * * * the term ‘disability’ means (A) inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or has lasted or can be…