U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1996

Patricia Gaffney v. Shirley Chater

Patricia Gaffney v. Shirley Chater
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided November 7, 1996

Patricia Gaffney v. Shirley Chater

Opinion

_____________ No. 96-1686EA _____________ Patricia L. Gaffney, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the Eastern * District of Arkansas.

Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner * of Social Security * [UNPUBLISHED] Administration, * * Appellee. * _____________ Submitted: November 1, 1996 Filed: November 7, 1996 _____________ Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. _____________

PER CURIAM.

Patricia L. Gaffney appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment affirming the Commissioner's decision to deny Gaffney disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits. After careful review of the administrative record, we conclude the administrative law judge properly assessed the uncontradicted opinions of the examining physicians, carefully applied the analysis under Polaski v. Heckler, 739 F.2d 1320, 1322 (8th Cir. 1984), and properly relied on the medical vocational guidelines despite evidence about Gaffney's nonexertional impairments. We also conclude the Commissioner proved that substantial gainful employment was realistically within Gaffney's physical and mental capabilities. In sum, substantial evidence supports the decision of the Commissioner that Gaffney is not disabled for Social Security purposes. We affirm the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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