U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2004

Segura v. Barnhart

Segura v. Barnhart
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided February 17, 2004 · Higginbotham, Davis, Prado
87 F. App'x 377

Segura v. Barnhart

Opinion

PER CURIAM. *

Laurent Segura appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of disability benefits. He argues that his limited vision in his left eye constitutes a nonexertional impairment that significantly affects his residual functional capacity and as such the Administrative Law Judge erred in relying exclusively upon the Guidelines. He also argues that the ALJ relied on a hypothetical question posed to a vocational expert which did not incorporate all of his disabilities.

*378 Segura failed to raise the argument that his limited vision is a non-exertional impairment that significantly affects his residual functional capacity in the district court and it is waived. See Chaparro v. Bowen, 815 F.2d 1008, 1011 (5th Cir. 1987). There is no reversible error because the ALJ’s hypothetical question incorporated the limitations that he recognized. See Bowling v. Shalala, 36 F.3d 431, 436 (5th Cir. 1994).

AFFIRMED.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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