Henry F. FULTON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Henry J. Fulton, Jr., applied for disability insurance benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 423(a)(1) (1982), and supplemental security income benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 1382(a)(1) (1982) in April 1982, alleging that he had been disabled since October 25, 1981, due to a mental impairment. 1 His application was denied initially and upon reconsideration. Fulton then obtained a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ), who received Fulton’s medical records and heard testimony from Fulton, Fulton’s father, and Dr. Nolan Armstrong, a psychiatrist.

The record reveals that Fulton…