United States Eighth Circuit

In a petition for review of the denial of Social Security disability benefits, the petition is denied where: 1) the administrative law judge (ALJ) adequately considered a physician's report and explained her reasoning for disagreeing with the doctor's conclusions; and 2) an express credibility determination was not required because the ALJ did not reject petitioner's subjective complaints of pain, but rather discounted her account of her cognitive and social impairments.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/14/2010
• Published 04/14/2010

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John August Bowman, argued, (Michael DePree, Davenport, IA, on the brief), for Appellant., Christopher D. Hagen, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Des Moines, IA, (Bert W. Coleman, Special Asst. U.S. Atty., Kristi Schmidt, Social Sec. Admin., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for Appelle.