Covington v. Missouri State Division of Family Services

DIXON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the circuit court affirming the denial of general relief benefits by the Division of Family Services. The dispositive issue is the sufficiency of the competent and substantial evidence to support the administrative order.

*104Covington applied for welfare benefits on March 13, 1978, claiming unemployment due to a physical disability. This disability, pain in the back, shoulder, and wrist, resulted from a fall on ice suffered on February 23, 1978. Prior to this incident, Covington, a 49-year-old male with a third grade education, had been employed in…