United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _____________ No. 97-3416 _____________ Elmer B. Hunter, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Western District of Missouri.

Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner * of Social Security, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * _____________ Submitted: May 14, 1998 Filed: June 2, 1998 _____________ Before BOWMAN, Chief Judge, HEANEY and HANSEN, Circuit Judges. _____________ PER CURIAM.

Elmer B. Hunter appeals from the decision of the District Court1 affirming the decision of the Commissioner denying Hunter's claims for supplemental security income benefits based on disability. Having considered the submissions of the parties and the record, we conclude that the Commission's decision is supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole and that an opinion would lack precedential value.

The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

We therefore forego discussion and affirm on the basis of the District Court's entirely adequate opinion.

AFFIRMED. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

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

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