Legal Opinion
George E. Mellon v. Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1984No. 83-2454PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
George E. Mellon appeals from a judgment of the district court 1 affirming a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying disability insurance benefits. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand this case.
At the time of the April 1981 administrative hearing, Mellon was forty years old, functionally illiterate, and had work experience as a laborer in the construction industry. He last worked in June of 1979. Mellon testified that he was unable to work because of constant pain. He stated he did not take prescribed pain medication but instead…
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