United States Tenth Circuit

In a petition for review of the Social Security Commissioner's order denying petitioner's applications for Social Security disability and for Supplemental Security Income benefits, the petition is denied where 1) although the Administrative Law Judge did not go into the specifics about the symptoms that led to petitioner's psychotic disorder diagnosis, he made the findings required by 20 C.F.R. section 404.1520a, and considered the psychotic disorder diagnosis in doing so; 2) it was clear from the ALJ's decision, taken as a whole, that the ALJ was aware that a claimant-s pain may be considered disabling despite the absence of neurological testing objectively showing a reason for such pain; and 3) there was substantial evidence to support the ALJ-s determination that petitioner was not entirely credible.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2010
• Published 04/19/2010

Judges

• WADE BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, Chief Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David H.M. Gray, Gragert, Hiebert, Gray & Link, Wichita, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anne M. Mackland, Social Security Administration Office of General Counsel, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.