Bryant v. Colvin, No. 16-4103 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of plaintiff's disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. The court held that the ALJ clearly considered the Polaski factors in accessing plaintiff's subjective complaints and substantial evidence supported her determination that plaintiff's statements concerning her symptoms were not entirely credible. Furthermore, substantial evidence supported the ALJ's residual functioning capacity determination that plaintiff was able to perform medium work.
Court Description: Shepherd, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Fenner, District Judge] Civil case - Social Security. The ALJ did not err in applying Polaski to find that claimant's allegations of disabling pain were not entirely credible; nor did the ALJ err in determining claimant retained the residual functional capacity to perform the full range of medium work; denial of benefits affirmed. [ June 28, 2017
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