Young v. Astrue, No. 12-2041 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff appealed the district court's decision affirming the Commissioner's denial of social security benefits. The court rejected plaintiff's contention to the extent that she alleged the ALJ failed to develop the record or make explicit findings regarding the mental and physical demands of her past relevant work as a factory packer and assembler. The court concluded that the ALJ had sufficient evidence on the record as a whole to reach his determination where the ALJ adequately compared the demands of plaintiff's past with her residual functioning capacity to perform light work, including with her manipulative limitations. Accordingly, the court affirmed the denial of benefits.
Court Description: Civil case - Social Security. Denial of benefits affirmed; ALJ properly developed the record and made sufficient findings; the record had sufficient evidence to determine that claimant retained the ability to perform her past relevant work despite her manipulative limitations. Judge Melloy, dissenting.
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