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Administrative: SSD-Denial of Benefits-Sufficiency of Evidence
Staff Report//October 20, 2023//
Listen to this articlePlaintiff appealed the district court’s judgment affirming the denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits.
Where there was substantial evidence to support the ALJ’s determination of plaintiff’s residual functional capacity, especially where the ALJ was not required to adopt the exact limitations noted by the expert witnesses, there was no error in denying SSD benefits.
Judgment is affirmed.
Wyatt v. Kijakazi (MLW No. 80625/Case No. 23-1559 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Magnuson, J.
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