Tina Hull v. Comm. of Social Security

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OPINION filed : AFFIRMED, decision not for publication. Alice M. Batchelder and Raymond M. Kethledge, Circuit Judges and The Honorable Curtis L. Collier, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, sitting by designation.

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File Name: 15a0086n.06
No. 14-1154
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
TINA HULL
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Defendant-Appellee.

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FILED
Jan 28, 2015
DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk
ON APPEAL FROM THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE EASTERN
DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

Before: BATCHELDER and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges; COLLIER, District Judge.*
CURTIS L. COLLIER, District Judge. Appellant Tina Hull (“Hull”) appeals the district
court’s order accepting the Report and Recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing
the action in favor of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
Hull suffers from a variety of medical issues and, as a result of those ailments, sought
disabled status. After considering the evidence, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) assessed
Hull’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”) and testimony from the vocational expert and found
that Hull did not meet the criteria for disabled status. Hull argues that the ALJ failed to account
for her difficulties in concentration in both the RFC and the hypothetical question posed to the
vocational expert.

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She also argues that the ALJ’s assessment failed to account for the

The Honorable Curtis L. Collier, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Tennessee, sitting by designation.

Case: 14-1154

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No. 14-1154
Tina Hull v. Commissioner of Social Security
compounding effects that her obesity had on her other ailments. Finally, she argues that the ALJ
improperly evaluated her credibility.
After reviewing the briefs, we AFFIRM for the reasons stated by the court below. See
Hull v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 12-14385 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 19, 2013).

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