Barnes v. Richardson

OPINION

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, District Judge:

This action is brought under Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), to review a final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Plaintiff seeks an order that his disability payments be recommenced.

Plaintiff is a 37-year-old ambulance driver and former Post Office employee with ten years of formal education. In March 1965, plaintiff sustained a ruptured spinal disc. He was unable to continue working, and he began receiving Social Security disability benefits.

There is no dispute as to the disabling nature of…