Ex Parte Bratton

This is a workers' compensation case.

The pertinent facts are as follows: In 1976, when George Bratton was 59 years old, he suffered a heart attack and retired with a disability pension from a job he had worked at for 32 years. Two years later, in 1978, the Social Security Administration determined that he was eligible for Social Security disability benefits because of his heart condition. Thereafter, in 1985, Bratton suffered a stroke that caused weakness to one side of his body. In 1988, at the age of 71, Bratton applied for a job with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He told the interviewer that he…