Hunter A. GARDNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). to obtain judicial review of a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) denying a claim for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 301-433 (the Act). The district court upheld the decision of the Secretary denying benefits; we reverse.

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Hunter A. Gardner alleges that he became disabled on February 15, 1979. On September 27, 1979, Gardner filed an application with the Social Security Administration to establish a…