Cline v. Colvin, No. 14-1260 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff appealed the denial of her application for supplemental security income (SSI) where she alleged that she was disabled due to back pain, scoliosis, and other conditions. The court concluded that the Commissioner did not err in affording little weight to plaintiff's treating physician's opinion because it was inconsistent with the treatment records and the objective medical evidence as a whole, and was not supported by the physician's own physical examination of plaintiff and the objective test results. Therefore, the court concluded that substantial evidence in the record as a whole supported the Commissioner's decision that plaintiff was not disabled. Accordingly, the court affirmed the denial of benefits.
Court Description: Civil Case - social security. On claim the Commission wrongly discounted the opinion of her treating physician, upon careful review of the record, Commissioner did not err in affording little weight to the treating physician's opinion and substantial evidence in the record as whole supports the decision to deny benefits. Judge Bright dissents and would remand for further proceedings.
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