Claimant is a 51 year old male with a high school education and some college. He is married and has two dependent children, ages 20 and 18. He lives in a one-story house with a basement. He seldom goes into the basement. He has a small yard which is less than a quarter of an acre and his wife mows the grass. He does some very light maintenance of his flower garden. His wife is a certified Optometrist Assistant and a scrub nurse at St. Clare Hospital. Claimant's wife and daughter do most of the chores around the house but Claimant does some cooking and light housekeeping. His wife does all of the grocery shopping.
Claimant was awarded Social Security Disability and began receiving benefits in 2005. He also works one and a half to 2 hours a day in a grade school cafeteria serving food to the children. He works about ten hours a week at this job. He is also a crossing guard for the St. Louis School District for two shifts each day. Each shift is about 45 minutes.
Claimant was very active in athletics while in high school and played football, track and baseball. He played one year of baseball at Meramec Community College. Claimant served in the Air Force from 1983 until his honorable discharge in 1987 when he reached the rank of Sergeant. While in the military Claimant worked as a registered mail clerk. After being discharged from the Air Force, he went to work for Safeco Insurance Company from 1988 through 1992 as a mail clerk. From there he went to work for Group Health Plan from 1992 through 1998, again, as a mail clerk.
In 1998 Claimant went to work for Employer where he worked from 1998 until his injury on April 6, 2004. Employer is a food distribution company, and Claimant was a night warehouse supervisor working 5:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. He was a salaried employee making $\ 850.00 a week plus bonuses based on performance and earned approximately $\ 52,000.00 a year. He supervised 6 to 11 employees and worked 50 hours a week. His job duties included supervision of night shift employees but also included operation of a forklift and a pallet jack. His job involved repetitive lifting, bending and stooping. He entered inventory into a computer through the use of codes, but this was the extent of his computer knowledge. Claimant was able to hire, fire, and discipline employees.
Claimant's first significant injury was in 1989 when he tore his left Achilles tendon which required surgery. Following surgery and leading up to April, 2004 he continued to have problems with pain in the back of his calf which was aggravated whenever he went up and down steps or ran.
In 1990, Claimant injured his right shoulder. This was diagnosed as a probable subluxation of the bicep tendon and a right shoulder arthrogram was ordered. Claimant underwent physical therapy and in 1991 he was diagnosed with impingement syndrome. Leading up to April, 2004 he continued to complain of tightness and soreness and had a sharp pain whenever he attempted to reach overhead. The injury slowed him down.
In 1991, Claimant suffered the first of two knee injuries requiring surgery for a torn medial meniscus. Claimant continued to