Abby Bachaiov, Plaintiff-appellant, v. John J. Callahan, Acting Commissioner of the Social Securityadministration,** Defendant-appellee, 132 F.3d 38 (9th Cir. 1997)

MEMORANDUM^* 

Abby Bachaiov appeals the district court's summary judgment affirming the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration ("Commissioner") denying Bachaiov's application for disability insurance benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 423. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

We review de novo the district court's summary judgment upholding the Commissioner's denial of benefits. See Jamerson v. Chater, 112 F.3d 1064, 1066 (9th Cir. 1997). The denial of benefits must be affirmed if substantial evidence supports the findings of the administrative law judge ("ALJ"), and the ALJ applied the correct Legal standards. See id.

Bachaiov contends that the ALJ failed to consider the combined impact of all Bachaiov's impairments. We disagree. It is apparent from the ALJ's decision that he carefully considered each of Bachaiov's impairments, weighed all the relevant and reliable evidence, and concluded that Bachaiov nevertheless was not disabled because Bachaiov was able to perform her past work as a file and stock clerk. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Bachaiov also contends that the hypothetical posed to the vocational expert ("VE") was incomplete. We disagree. First, the ALJ's hypothetical was complete given the evidence in the record. See Magallanes v. Bowen, 881 F.2d 747, 756 (9th Cir. 1989) (stating that the VE's opinion has no evidentiary value if the assumptions in the hypothetical are not supported by the record). Second, Bachaiov was permitted to pose her own hypothetical to the VE.

Because the ALJ's findings are supported by substantial evidence and the ALJ applied the correct legal standards, the district court's summary judgment is affirmed. See Jamerson, 112 F.3d at 1066.¹ 

AFFIRMED.