Ward v. Ribicoff

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether there is substantial evidence to support the decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare that plaintiff, Joe Ward, failed to show that he is entitled to a period of disability under Section 216 (i) of the Social Security Act, (42 U.S.C.A. § 416(i)), or to disability insurance under Section 223 of the Act, (42 U.S.C.A. § 423).

Section 216 (i) is the so-called “disability freeze” provision which contemplates the elimination of the claimant’s record of periods during which he was under a “disability” for the…