Chaney v. Colvin, No. 14-3433 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff appealed the denial of social security disability benefits and supplemental security income. The ALJ provided valid reasons for discounting plaintiff's subjective complaints and the court held that the ALJ's less-than-fully credible determination is supported by substantial evidence; the ALJ's residual functioning capacity (RFC) is supported by substantial evidence; and the ALJ gave proper weight to plaintiff's treating physicians where the opinions were not supported by the record as a whole. Accordingly, the court affirmed the denial of benefits.
Court Description: Bye, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Benton, Circuit Judge] Civil case - Social Security. There was substantial evidence in the record as a whole to support the ALJ's credibility determinations, and the ALJ did not err in finding claimant was less-than-fully credible; the ALJ did not err in discounting the evidence provided by the treating physicians as their opinions were not supported by the record as a whole; denial of benefits affirmed.
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