Bagwell v. Commissioner, No. 18-2514 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of disability benefits to plaintiff based on his claim of mild intellectual disability, low education, slow learning abilities, and memory problems. The court held that substantial evidence supported the ALJ's assessment that plaintiff was only moderately intellectually limited, rather than intellectually disabled. Consequently, the court also held that plaintiff's claim that the ALJ failed to consider whether plaintiff met the criteria for intellectual disability was meritless.
Court Description: Grasz, Author, with Loken and Stras, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Social Security. The ALJ's assessment that claimant is only moderately intellectually limited, rather than intellectually disabled, is supported by substantial evidence in the record; because that decision is supported by substantial evidence, claimant's other argument, that the ALJ's failure to consider whether he met the criteria for intellectual disability in Listing 12.05C, has no merit.
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