Clyde Arms v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

This appeal is from an order of the District Court reversing the decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying disability benefits to appellee and remanding the case to the Secretary for an award for the period of disability. The action was brought by appellee under § 205(g) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 405(g)].

Appellee claimed disability benefits in 1962 for disability alleged to have resulted from a disc operation performed in 1953. The appellee had been employed in a mine in Kentucky for twenty-six (26) years as a motorman and coupler. He left the mine in…