Legal Opinion
Beverly Fields v. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1986No. 86-3133PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal arises from the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ denial of an application for supplemental security income disability benefits. The question before us is whether substantial evidence exists to support the Secretary’s determination that Fields, who suffers from a nonex-ertional impairment, was not disabled from performing certain “repetitious, low stress” jobs when the evidence did not include expert vocational testimony or similar evidence. We conclude that the Secretary erred in not using expert vocational testimony or similar evidence.
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The applicant, Beverly Fields, has…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Freddie E. MILAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis W. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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- J.W. TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis W. BOWEN, Secretary, Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Davis C. HERRON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis W. BOWEN, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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