Lance Gerald Milliman v. Nancy A. Berryhill

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: April 16, 2018
• Docket: 17-2719
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 17-2719 ___________________________

Lance Gerald Milliman

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis ____________

Submitted: March 29, 2018 Filed: April 16, 2018 [Unpublished] ____________

Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Lance Gerald Milliman appeals a district court1 order affirming the denial of disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. We agree with the

1 The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Leo I. Brisbois, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota. district court that substantial evidence on the record as a whole supports the denial of Milliman’s applications. See Thomas v. Berryhill, 881 F.3d 672, 674 (8th Cir. 2018) (de novo review). Specifically, we find no error in the administrative law judge’s (ALJ’s) determinations that Milliman’s mental impairments were not severe, see Kirby v. Astrue, 500 F.3d 705, 707 (8th Cir. 2007) (impairment is not severe if it amounts only to slight abnormality that would not limit claimant’s mental ability to do basic work activities); that Milliman’s subjective complaints were not entirely credible, see Bryant v. Colvin, 861 F.3d 779, 782-83 (8th Cir. 2017) (this court defers to ALJ’s credibility findings if they are supported by good reasons and substantial evidence); or that Milliman had the residual functional capacity (RFC) for a full range of light work, see Boyd v. Colvin, 831 F.3d 1015, 1020 (8th Cir. 2016) (it is ALJ’s responsibility to determine RFC based on all relevant evidence: medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and claimant’s own description of his limitations). We have carefully considered the other matters Milliman raises on appeal, and we conclude that they also provide no basis for reversal.

The judgment is affirmed. ______________________________

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