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VAUGHN v. HECKLER

No. 84-1269.

741 F.2d 177 (1984)

Tillman VAUGHN, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Niblock Law Firm by Walter R. Niblock, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellant.

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., W. Asa Hutchinson, U.S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., Gayla Fuller, Acting Regional Atty., Washington, D.C., Mary K. Biester, Asst. Regional Atty., U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Tillman Vaughn appeals from a judgment of the district court affirming a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) that he was not disabled. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.

Vaughn was born in 1933 and has a fifth grade education, although he stated that he could not read. He worked as a heavy-equipment operator until July 1980. In 1981, Vaughn filed an application for disability insurance...

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