Buckner v. Astrue, No. 10-1524 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseAppellant appealed the district court's judgment upholding the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of his application for disability insurance and supplemental security income (SSI) benefits, under Title II and XVI of the Social Security Act (SSA), 42 U.S.C. 301 et seq. The court held that substantial evidence on the record supported the ALJ's finding that appellant's depression and anxiety were not severe; that the ALJ did not err in evaluating appellant's credibility; that, while the ALJ did not explicitly address the claims of appellant's girlfriend, the ALJ's error had no bearing on the outcome of appellant's case and did not require remand; and that the vocational expert's answer to a hypothetical question was not improper and constituted substantial evidence supporting the ALJ's determination. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Civil case - Social Security. ALJ's findings concerning claimant's mental impairments were supported by the substantial evidence on the record as a whole; credibility findings regarding claimant were not erroneous; while the ALJ erred in not expressly addressing the credibility of claimant's girlfriend's statement, the error did not require remand as it had no bearing on the outcome; challenge to hypothetical question posed to the vocational expert rejected.
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