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132215P.pdf 08/07/2014 Rick Whitman v. Carolyn W. Colvin
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-2215
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
[PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Riley, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit
Judges]
Social Security - disability insurance benefits. Decision to deny benefits
is supported by substantial evidence, as ALJ properly articulated reasons
for discounting physician's opinions; ALJ properly considered the medical
records, observations, and Whitman's own descriptions of his limitations;
and decision was based on a fully and fairly developed record. Record
supports ALJ's adverse credibility finding. District court did not abuse
its discretion in denying motion to remand to consider new evidence, as
evidence was partially cumulative and not probative of the applicable time
period and Whitman did not show good cause for failing to include evidence
into the record.