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608 F2d 234 Goodley v. Harris | OpenJurist
608 F. 2d 234 - Goodley v. Harris
608 F2d 234 Goodley v. Harris
608 F.2d 234
Milton GOODLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant,
No. 79-2567
Milton Goodley appeals from a judgment of the district court affirming a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying Goodley's application for the establishment of a period of disability under section 216 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 416(i). He also seeks disability insurance benefits under § 223 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 423, and Supplemental Security Income under § 1614(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Because the decision of the Secretary is not supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole, we reverse.
In order to qualify for disability benefits under the Act, a claimant must show, first, that he is suffering from a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, and second, that due to this impairment, he is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity. See 42 U.S.C. § 423(d)(3); Mims v. Califano, 581 F.2d 1211 (5th Cir. 1978)
(A) "physical or mental impairment" is an impairment that results from anatomical, physiological or psychological abnormalities which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques. 42 U.S.C. § 423(d)(3).
Substantial evidence has been defined as "more than a scintilla." It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. Consolidated Edison Co. v. N. L. R. B., 305 U.S. 197, 59 S.Ct. 206, 83 L.Ed. 126 (1938)