Strickland v. Califano

OPINION

JOHN E. MILLER, Senior District Judge.

On January 2, 1974, plaintiff, Bennie E. Strickland, filed application for disability insurance benefits in which he alleged his disability as “back injuries and nerve damage from a myelogram done five years ago, effecting legs and hands”. (Tr. 72-75). The application was initially denied on February 7, 1974. (Tr. 76-77). Reconsideration was denied on May 15, 1974 on the ground that the plaintiff was not under a disability.

Hearing was held in Mena, Arkansas, by Gene C. Smith, Administrative Law Judge, on August 6, 1975, who on October 10, 1975 held…