FIELDS v. BOWEN

No. 86-3133. Summary Calendar.

805 F.2d 1168 (1986)

Beverly FIELDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Byrne, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Nancy A. Nungesser, Asst. U.S. Atty., John Volz, U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Karen J. Behner, Atty., Office of Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Health & Human Services, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal arises from the Secretary of Health and Human Services' denial of an application for supplemental security income disability benefits. The question before us is whether substantial evidence exists to support the Secretary's determination that Fields, who suffers from a nonexertional impairment, was not disabled from performing certain "repetitious, low stress" jobs when the evidence did not include expert vocational testimony or similar evidence...

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