TUSSON v. BOWEN

No. 88-3069 Summary Calendar.

847 F.2d 284 (1988)

John R. TUSSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Tusson, pro se.

Nancy A. Nungesser, Asst. U.S. Atty., John Volz, U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Marguerite Lokey, DHHS, Office of the General Counsel, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, RUBIN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

A person entitled to social security disability payments was mentally disabled and unable to apply for benefits for a number of years. When, at length, he became able to do so, and filed his application, the Secretary determined that he had been disabled from 1977 to the time he filed his application, on December 6, 1982, and awarded him a period of disability and disability benefits, with a protective filing date of November 19, 1982, the date he first...

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