The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare appeals from the District Court's allowance of disability benefits to Alex Ratliff under the Social Security Act. The appellee, prior to 1964, was a miner in the western part of Virginia. He developed chronic emphysema, arthritis, and stomach ulcers. He has been examined by physicians a number of times in the intervening period, and his condition, particularly emphysema...
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