Bill Roberts v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health & Human Services

Bill Roberts appeals from a judgment of the district court affirming a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) that denied the claim of Roberts’ deceased wife (for whom he was substituted as claimant) for social security disability benefits. We vacate and remand because of the Secretary’s misapplication of regulations governing the use of certain tables or “grids” by which conclusions respecting disability are directed for various combinations of vocational factors and residual functional capacities of claimants.

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The original claimant, Ruth B. Roberts, filed…