United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of an application for disability insurance benefits was supported by medical evidence, including the ALJ's decision to give treatment records controlling weight over a conflicting physician's opinion letter; ALJ did not err in giving credence only to subjective complaints that were consistent with objective medical evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/25/2002
• Published 06/25/2002

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary K. Hoefer, argued, Iowa City, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary Lee Hayward, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Des Moines, IA (Janice E. Barnes-Williams, Regional Counsel's Office, Social Security Admin., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.