United States Eighth Circuit

In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's affirmance of the Social Security Commissioner's denial of his claim for Supplemental Security Income, the order is affirmed where: 1) the record of plaintiff's IQ was sufficiently developed, and the ALJ did not commit reversible error by failing to request that a doctor administer an IQ test; and 2) the residual functional capacity finding employed in the hypothetical to the vocational expert was acceptable, and the ALJ's finding based on the expert's response was supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/06/2010
• Published 12/06/2010

Judges

• David R. Hansen

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel