GRIFFON v. BOWEN

No. 87-2563.

856 F.2d 1150 (1988)

Russell L. GRIFFON, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Reid, II, Fredericktown, Mo., for appellant.

Wesley D. Wedemeyer, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Russell Griffon appeals from the judgment of the District Court affirming the decision of the Secretary denying his claim for disability benefits. Because the denial of benefits was not supported by substantial evidence, we reverse.

I.

At the time of this appeal, Griffon was a fifty-year-old man with a twelfth-grade education. He had been married to the same woman since 1961, and...

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