BROWN v. BOWEN

No. 85-1736.

827 F.2d 311 (1987)

Rosa Lee BROWN, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda S. Pettit, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

John Beamer, Asst. U.S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

On March 25, 1986, this court held in Brown v. Heckler, 786 F.2d 870 (8th Cir.1986), with Judge Bowman dissenting, that the second step of the sequential evaluation process used in social security cases by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) was invalid. We reasoned that the second step of the sequential evaluation process was invalid because it conflicted with the language of 42 U...

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