Legal Opinion

Erma CHITWOOD, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 21, 1986No. 85-1958PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Per curiam

Erma Chitwood appeals from a final judgment entered in the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri affirming a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) denying her application for social security disability benefits. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse and remand.

Appellant was born in 1930 and has a tenth grade education and past relevant work experience as a receiving clerk and assembler. In 1983 she applied for disability benefits, alleging a disability beginning in 1981 due to arthritis of the knees and spine, a broken right ankle, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lorraine POLASKI, Et Al., Appellees, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  2. Virge Tucker, Jr. v. Margaret Heckler, Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  3. Earl BRISSETTE, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  4. Mattie M. Nunn v. Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  5. Rosa Lee Brown v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Aaron SHANNON, Appellant. v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  2. Louvenia JENKINS, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
  3. Jesse DELROSA, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
  4. Jerry D. TALBOTT, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health & Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
  5. Carolyn J. BOLTON, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987

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