Scanlon v. Richardson

OPINION

WEBER, District Judge.

This is a Social Security Act appeal under 42 U.S.C.A. 405(g) to review a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. The parties have filed cross-motions for summary judgment.

There appears to be no contested issue of fact that plaintiff meets the insured status requirements of the act and that he was at the time of these proceedings suffering from a severely disabling illness which began prior to the date when the Secretary’s decision became final.

In May 1969 plaintiff was diagnosed as having “disseminated sclerosis”. He was found to have…