United States Fifth Circuit

The denial of Plaintiff's application for supplemental security income benefits is affirmed, where Listing 12.05 in 20 C.F.R. ch. III, pt. 404, subpt. P, app. 1, requires an independent showing of "significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive functioning initially manifested during the developmental period."

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2009
• Published 06/08/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before JOLLY, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward Joseph Cloos, III, Law Offices of Edward J. Closs, III, Covington, LA, for Randall., Clare M. Fisher, SSA, Gen. Counsel, Region, VI, Dallas, TX, for Astrue.