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FISHER v. BOWEN

No. 88-1941.

869 F.2d 1055 (1989)

Robert FISHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Galatzer, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Donna L. Calvert, Asst. Reg. Counsel, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Social Security Administration denied Robert Fisher's application for disability benefits and the district court upheld the denial. A person whose IQ is between 60 and 69 is deemed to be totally disabled, regardless of his ability to do whatever work he has done in the past, if in addition to the low IQ he has "a physical or other mental [other than the low IQ, that is] impairment imposing additional and significant work-related limitation...

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