John L. Dover v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

John L. Dover appeals from a final judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas affirming a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) denying his applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse and remand.

Appellant, who has had four back operations, was born in 1951 and has the equivalent of a high school education. His employment history includes work in industrial maintenance and in construction. From 1978 until 1980 appellant…