PITCHARD v. SCHWEIKER

No. 82-1391.

692 F.2d 198 (1982)

Cleon E. PITCHARD, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Richard SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Becker, Belmont, Mass., with whom Raymond J. Kelly, and Kelly & Duddy, P.A., Manchester, N.H., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Helen J. Forsyth, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom W. Stephen Thayer, III, U.S. Atty., Concord, N.H., was on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

In this social security case the district court held that the administrative law judge's (ALJ) denial of disability insurance benefits was based on substantial evidence. Claimant, Cleon Pitchard, appeals on the grounds that the ALJ's decision was contrary to the weight of the evidence and not supported by necessary findings of fact.

Claimant is a fifty-four-year old married veteran living in Francestown, New Hampshire. He has a high...

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