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Janine Clines v. Kilolo Kijakazi
21-1109
| 8th Cir. | Jul 23, 2021
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*1 Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

*2 Janine Clines appeals the district court’s [2] order affirming the denial of disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. After careful consideration of Clines’s arguments for reversal, we agree with the court that substantial evidence in the record as a whole supports the adverse decision. See Swink v. Saul, 931 F.3d 765, 769 (8th Cir. 2019) (de novo review of district court’s judgment; Commissioner’s decision will be upheld if it is supported by substantial evidence in record as whole). Specifically, we find that the administrative law judge (ALJ) applied the correct standard in determining impairment severity, see Nguyen v. Chater, 75 F.3d 429, 431 (8th Cir. 1996) (claimant does not have severe impairment when impairment would have no more than minimal effect on her ability to work); and that substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s determination that Clines’s gastroparesis was non-severe, see Page v. Astrue, 484 F.3d 1040, 1044 (8th Cir. 2007) (substantial evidence supported ALJ’s determination that claimant’s impairment was non-severe, as finding was consistent with medical opinions, examination findings, and limited treatment history).

The judgment is affirmed.

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[1] Kilolo Kijakazi has been appointed to serve as Acting Commissioner of Social Security, and is substituted as appellee pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c).

[2] The Honorable Lajuana M. Counts, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). -2-

Case Details

Case Name: Janine Clines v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Date Published: Jul 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-1109
Court Abbreviation: 8th Cir.
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