Administrative: Disability Insurance-Credibility Determination-Residual Functional Capacity

Plaintiff appealed the district court’s decision affirming an administrative law judge’s denial of plaintiff’s application for disability insurance benefits. Plaintiff argued that the ALJ erred in its credibility determination, improperly discounted her subjective claims of pain and failed to develop a record for her residual functional capacity.

Where the medical evidence in the record was sufficient for the ALJ to make a determination of plaintiff’s residual functional capacity, the ALJ was not required to further develop the record and could deny plaintiff’s application for disability insurance benefits.

Judgment is affirmed.

Gilby v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration (MLW No. 72935/Case No. 18-2395 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas