Arthur Salas v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Arthur Salas made claim for disability insurance benefits under 42 U.S.C. §§ 416 and 423. The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denied the claim. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), Salas sought judicial review of the Secretary’s order. The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico affirmed the Secretary. Salas appeals to this Court. We reverse.

Salas, a garbage collector, was severely injured in 1962 when he was caught in a garbage compressor. He thereafter received Social Security disability benefits until December, 1965, when the benefits…