Tina Hull v. Comm'r of Social Security, No. 14-1154 (6th Cir. 2015)

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 15a0086n.06 No. 14-1154 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT TINA HULL Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY Defendant-Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) FILED Jan 28, 2015 DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN Before: BATCHELDER and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges; COLLIER, District Judge.* CURTIS L. COLLIER, District Judge. Appellant Tina Hull (“Hull”) appeals the district court’s order accepting the Report and Recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing the action in favor of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Hull suffers from a variety of medical issues and, as a result of those ailments, sought disabled status. After considering the evidence, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) assessed Hull’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”) and testimony from the vocational expert and found that Hull did not meet the criteria for disabled status. Hull argues that the ALJ failed to account for her difficulties in concentration in both the RFC and the hypothetical question posed to the vocational expert. * She also argues that the ALJ’s assessment failed to account for the The Honorable Curtis L. Collier, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, sitting by designation. No. 14-1154 Tina Hull v. Commissioner of Social Security compounding effects that her obesity had on her other ailments. Finally, she argues that the ALJ improperly evaluated her credibility. After reviewing the briefs, we AFFIRM for the reasons stated by the court below. See Hull v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 12-14385 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 19, 2013). -2-

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