James Decker v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services

How courts have described this case

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• noting that although an applicant bears the burden to place his disability at issue, the ALJ has the “affirmative duty to inquire into all the matters at issue[.]” (citation omitted)
• criticizing the administrative notice aspect of the regulations — i.e., the Secretary’s failure to identify “specific alternative occupations available in the national economy that would be suitable for the claimant” — but remanding on other grounds
• despite use of “Medical-Vocational Guidelines” the Secretary must still show particular jobs which a claimant can perform
• unskilled work is work that requires little judgment in performing simple duties

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