Opinion ID: 390848
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Heading: The Seizures

Text: 11 The record contains substantial evidence to support the ALJ's determination that Carter's seizures were not disabling. None of the physicians who treated or examined Carter indicated that her seizures so severely restricted her ability to engage in substantial gainful activity as to be disabling. Dr. Drucker, a treating psychiatrist who observed Carter for six weeks, stated that the seizures should not be that debilitating. Dr. Finkel, upon whose report Carter places primary reliance, described the seizures as very bothersome to Carter, but did not state or suggest that they were disabling. 5 The less extensive comments of other doctors who examined Carter are similarly devoid of any indication of disability, and the many different tests performed upon Carter failed to reveal any significant physical abnormality that might support a finding of disability. Nor do the seizures fall within any of the categories of neurological disorders recognized in the Secretary's regulations as potentially disabling. See 20 C.F.R. Subpart P, App. 1 §§ 11.00-11.19 (1980). 12 Finally, Carter's own testimony concerning her activities and overall physical capabilities strongly suggests that she would be able to perform her former work as a travel agent or to undertake other light or sedentary work where her occasional seizures would not endanger herself or others. Thus, although the inexplicability of Mrs. Carter's seizures is disturbing, the record contains substantial evidence to support the Secretary's determination that they were not disabling. 13 Accordingly, the district court correctly declined to disturb the Secretary's findings respecting Carter's seizures.