United States Eighth Circuit

District court judgment upholding the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security to deny plaintiff's application for disability benefits is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supported the ALJ's decision not to give controlling weight to the treating physician's opinion as the opinion was inconsistent with substantial evidence in the record as a whole; and 2) the ALJ did not err in finding subjective complaints of pain were not fully credible.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2009
• Published 06/04/2009

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eugene Gregory Wallace, argued, Buies Creek, NC, Anthony W. Bartels, on the brief, Jonesboro, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda H. Green, argued, Dallas, TX, for appellee.