Legal Opinion
Kirk v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1981No. 80-1535, 80-5295, 80-5312 and 80-5340PublishedCited by 906 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal requires that we decide the constitutionality of the medical-vocational guidelines recently authorized by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for use in disability determinations. For the reasons stated herein, we find the guidelines constitutional and within the Secretary’s statutory authority to promulgate regulations.
The medical-vocational guidelines at issue here, also known as the “grid,” 20 C.F.R. § 1501 et seq. (1981) 1 provide for an orderly sequence of adjudication for social security disability claims. They were…
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3Cited by906 opinions
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