Gladys L. Carico v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

We think the facts found by the Hearing Examiner, and adopted by the Appeals Council, do not support the decision that claimant Gladys L. Carico is not entitled to disability insurance benefits or to a period of disability under Sections 216(i) and 223(a) of the Social Security Act, as amended. 1 The judgment of the district court upholding the administrative decision is reversed.

Mrs. Carico is a short, fat, semiliterate housewife. Her ideal weight is 120 pounds, and she has at various times weighed as much as 200 pounds. She is now fifty-seven years old and completed…