Court Opinion

ID: 9471054
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 03:24:26.037896+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:42:15.406047
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MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
In the conclusion that the matter must be remanded for further consideration by the Secretary of the issue whether there are other jobs in the national economy which McLain could perform, I concur. However, with the prejudgments that, to prevail, the Secretary must adduce (a) “particularized proof” of a capacity to perform other jobs in the national economy and (b) testimony of an independent vocational expert because administrative notice is “totally insufficient” I take exception.
At this early stage, before the case has undergone administrative reconsideration, with the possibility of additional evidence not presently before us, I regard it as inappropriate to foreclose altogether any possibility of use of the Medical-Vocational Guidelines (the grid system for taking administrative notice of available jobs in the national economy). That, I submit, runs counter to the decision in Heckler v. Campbell, - U.S. -, 103 S.Ct. 1952, 76 L.Ed.2d 66 (1983). Nor can we foretell, with certainty, the need for the testimony of a vocational expert.