Quang v. NGUYEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Social security claimant Quang Nguyen appeals the district court judgment reversing the Secretary’s denial of disability benefits and remanding the case for additional medical evidence. Because the record contains substantial evidence to support the Secretary’s decision, and because the case was improperly remanded under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), we reverse and remand to the district court, with directions to vacate its remand order and to enter judgment in favor of the Secretary. 1

Mr. Nguyen applied for disability benefits in September 1990, alleging that he was unable to work…