BATTLES v. SHALALA

No. 93-4044.

36 F.3d 43 (1994)

Prentis BATTLES, Jr., Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Wallace, Charlottesville, VA, argued (Anthony Bartels, Jonesboro, AR, on the brief), for appellant.

Joyce Shateen, Health and Human Services, Dallas, TX, argued, for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Prentis Battles, Jr. appeals from a judgment of the district court upholding a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying his claim for supplemental security income benefits. We reverse and remand.

In December 1991, Battles filed an application for benefits, alleging a disability due to back and "right side" problems. In a disability questionnaire, Battles, who was born in 1940, stated he had a seventh grade...

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