Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit August 21, 1985, 84-1670 (Warren E. DeLONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee)

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a judgment for the Secretary of Health and Human Services requires us to decide a novel question involving the scope of review by the Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration in disability cases. For background on the Appeals Council, see 2 McCormick, Social Security Claims and Procedure §§ 599-604 (1983); Mashaw, et al.