Crist v. Director of Missouri State Division of Family Services

SHANGLER, Judge.

The claimant Herma Crist, by her guardian, made two successive applications to the Division of Family Services for Medicaid rest home benefits. The first application was made in July of 1986 and was denied. The second application was made in November of 1986 and was approved. The claimant nevertheless appealed the decision of the Director to the circuit court on the ground that the benefits properly should have been made to accrue on the date of the first application rather than of the second. The claimant contended to the circuit court also that the amount ordered to be paid…