Brian Billings v. Carolyn W. Colvin

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: James B. Loken, Diana E. Murphy and Kermit E. Bye (UNPUBLISHED) [4379264] [15-2224]

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 15-2224
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Brian Billings
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Batesville
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Submitted: March 7, 2016
Filed: March 18, 2016
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, MURPHY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 15-2224

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Date Filed: 03/18/2016 Entry ID: 4379264

Brian Billings appeals the district court’s1 order affirming the Commissioner’s
denial of disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, after his
hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ). For reversal, Billings argues that
the ALJ’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole,
and in particular, he challenges the ALJ’s severity and credibility determinations; the
ALJ’s residual functional capacity (RFC) finding; and the ALJ’s decision to credit
some physicians’ opinions in the record over other physician’s opinions, including the
opinion of consultative medical examiner Anandaraj Subramanium, M.D.
Following careful de novo review, we conclude that substantial evidence in the
record as a whole supports the denial of Billings’s applications, see Halverson v.
Astrue, 600 F.3d 922, 929-31(8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review), including the ALJ’s
determination on which impairments were severe, see Kirby v. Astrue, 500 F.3d 705,
707-08 (8th Cir. 2007); the credibility determinations, see Perks v. Astrue, 687 F.3d
1086, 1092-93 (8th Cir. 2012); the assessment of RFC, see id. at 1092; and the
decision to discount Dr. Subramanium’s opinion on the severity of Billings’s
limitations, see Estes v. Barnhart, 275 F.3d 722, 725 (8th Cir. 2002).
The judgment of the district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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The Honorable Joe J. Volpe, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent
of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
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Date Filed: 03/18/2016 Entry ID: 4379264