Legal Opinion
Matter v. Bowen
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1987No. Civ. 83-0454PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEALON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Michael W. Matter, Sr., initially filed an application for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits on October 23, 1980. He alleged that he became disabled on October 9, 1980 due to “curvatures of the spine, left leg shorter than right” (Tr. 71). He was not represented by counsel at this time, and he did not assert his non-ex-ertional impairments which include illiteracy rooted in neurological dysfunctioning, a short attention span, concentration difficulties and developmental mathematics problems or disorders. His application was denied…
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