Julin v. Colvin, No. 15-1280 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff appealed the denial of her application for supplemental security income. Plaintiff based her claims of disability on depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Plaintiff alleged that these conditions caused her difficulties with maintaining focus, energy, concentration, social interactions, and a regular schedule. The court concluded that the ALJ properly discounted plaintiff's credibility; the ALJ gave good reasons for the weight accorded to the medical evidence where the ALJ was entitled to discount the opinions of plaintiff's treating physician insofar as they relied on plaintiff's subjective complaints; and sufficient medical evidence supports the ALJ's determination of residual functional capacity. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Colloton, Author, with Murphy and Benton, Circuit Judges Civil case - Social Security. The ALJ did not err in discrediting claimant's allegations of disabling impairments based on the record presented; nor did the ALJ err in weighing the medical evidence, or in refusing to give controlling weight to her treating physician's conclusory opinions concerning her ability to work full time and her workplace limitations; there was substantial evidence to support the ALJ's conclusions regarding claimant's residual functional capacity.
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