Joyce KOURIL, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is a Social Security case. Joyce Kouril has a combination of ailments, most notably allergies to many common chemicals, that she says prevent her from working. The Secretary of Health and Human Services disagrees. After a hearing, an Administrative Law Judge found that though her health problems were serious, they would not prevent her from working as a key-punch operator — a job she held in the past. That administrative decision was affirmed after judicial review.

Mrs. Kouril appeals, and we reverse and remand the case. The AU erred in rejecting the conclusions of…