Matney v. Adult & Family Services Division

Petitioner seeks review of an order of the Adult and Family Services Division (AFSD) that determined that he is employable and terminated his general assistance (GA) grant. We conclude that the order is not supported by substantial evidence and remand for reconsideration.1

Petitioner is in his late twenties and has a high school education. He was severely injured in an accident in 1980. He has since suffered a chronic low back pain syndrome, which also involves pain and twitching in his right calf and pain and numbness in his right foot and buttock. During the first six years after the injury,…