Cleon E. Pitchard v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

In this social security case the district court held that the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) denial of disability insurance benefits was based on substantial evidence. Claimant, Cleon Pitchard, appeals on the grounds that the ALJ’s decision was contrary to the weight of the evidence and not supported by necessary findings of fact.

Claimant is a fifty-four-year old married veteran living in Franeestown, New Hampshire. He has a high school diploma and two years of college in art and advertising. He worked for four years in advertising and production of a trade magazine at…