WALTERS v. GARDNER

No. 17691.

397 F.2d 89 (1968)

Dover WALTERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John W. GARDNER, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. May, Pikeville, Ky., for appellant.

G. Wix Unthank, Asst. U. S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., George I. Cline, U. S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., on brief, for appellee.

Before O'SULLIVAN, PHILLIPS and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the appeal of Dover Walters from a District Court judgment which affirmed the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare's denial of social security disability benefits to Walters.

Appellant was a Kentucky coal miner with limited education. He testified that on March 1, 1963, at the age of 46, he quit his job as a miner "due to a lung condition and nervous condition." It does not appear that he was then professionally...

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