Stephanie Robinson v. Social Security Administration

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Opinion issued by court as to Appellant Stephanie Roberson. Decision: Affirmed. Opinion type: Non-Published. Opinion method: Per Curiam. The opinion is also available through the Court's Opinions page at this link http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions.

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Date Filed: 01/06/2017

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[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 15-15549
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 0:14-cv-62589-DLB

STEPHANIE ROBERSON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(January 6, 2017)
Before WILSON, JORDAN, and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

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On October 13, 2011, Stephanie Roberson filed for disability-based
Supplemental Security Income (SSI), alleging that she became disabled in 1999.
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued Roberson a partially favorable ruling.
The ALJ found Roberson disabled but concluded that the date of onset of her
disability was July 15, 2013. Therefore, the ALJ held that Roberson did not
become disabled under the Social Security Act (the Act) until that date. Roberson
sought review by the district court of the ALJ’s decision, and the district court
affirmed. Proceeding pro se, she now appeals the district court’s affirmance.
Roberson argues that the ALJ erred in holding that her date of disability
under the Act is July 15, 2013. She claims her date of disability is October 13,
2011—the date she filed for SSI benefits. According to Roberson, when an SSI
claimant is found disabled, the disability determination applies retroactively to the
date of the claimant’s SSI application. We disagree. The relevant date when
determining disability status under the Act is the date of the actual onset of
disability. See Moore v. Barnhart, 405 F.3d 1208, 1211 (11th Cir. 2005) (per
curiam) (“[A] claimant becomes eligible [for SSI benefits] in the first month where
she is both disabled and has an SSI application on file.); 20 C.F.R. § 416.200
(“You are eligible for SSI benefits if you meet all the basic requirements listed in §
416.202[, which include being disabled]. . . . [T]he first month for which you may
receive SSI benefits is the month after the month in which you meet these
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eligibility requirements.”). The ALJ did not err in finding that Roberson’s date of
disability under the Act is July 15, 2013. 1
AFFIRMED.

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To the extent that Roberson challenges the ALJ’s determination that she did not meet
the criteria for disability until July 15, 2013, we conclude that substantial evidence supports the
ALJ’s determination. See Dyer v. Barnhart, 395 F.3d 1206, 1210 (11th Cir. 2005) (per curiam)
(“If [an ALJ]’s decision is supported by substantial evidence, this [c]ourt must affirm . . . .”
(internal quotation marks omitted)).

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