Shefton v. Missouri State Division of Family Services

DIXON, Judge.

In this case, claimant appeals from a circuit court decision affirming the denial of relief by the Director of the Missouri Division of Family Services which followed a hearing before a referee.

The sole issue to be determined is the validity of the Director’s order which found the claimant medically eligible for relief but required that she reapply for the benefits.

The record in the case is far from satisfactory, but most of the factual background is undisputed. When the claim was processed by the county agency, it was rejected because a “medical review” team deemed the claimant…