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DOUGLAS v. BOWEN

No. 86-2163.

836 F.2d 392 (1987)

Odie DOUGLAS, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Payne, Cape Girardeau, Mo., for appellant.

Joseph Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and BEAM, District Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The district court upheld a decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny Odie Douglas disability benefits on the basis that he could perform light or sedentary work. We reverse and remand the matter to the district court with instructions to remand to the Secretary for payment of benefits as of April 1, 1981.

BACKGROUND

Odie Douglas first applied for disability benefits...

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