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Bryan William HUSBAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Commissioner, Michael J. Astrue, Defendants-Appellee.
    No. 11-4723.
    United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    Decided Nov. 20, 2012.
    Amended Nov. 21, 2012.
    
      Sarah H. Bohr, Bohr & Harrington, LLC, Atlantic Beach, FL; Judith Brown-low, Brownlow Law PLLC, Brattleboro, VT, for Appellant.
    Timothy Landry, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Carol L. Shea, Chief, Civil Division, for Tristram J. Coffin, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Burlington, VT, for appellee.
    PRESENT: JOHN M. WALKER, JR., RICHARD C. WESLEY and PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judges.
   SUMMARY ORDER

Plaintiff-Appellant Bryan William Husband appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Sessions, /.), affirming the Commissioner’s decision to deny Husband’s applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, and denying Husband’s motion to reverse that decision. The panel has reviewed the briefs and the record in this appeal and agrees unanimously that oral argument is unnecessary because “the facts and legal arguments [have been] adequately presented in the briefs and record, and the decisional process would not be significantly aided by oral argument.” Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2)(C). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history, and the issues presented for review.

“When a district court has reviewed a determination of the Commissioner, we review the administrative record de novo to determine whether there is substantial evidence supporting the Commissioner’s decision and whether the Commissioner applied the correct legal standard.” Poupore v. Astrue, 566 F.3d 303, 305 (2d Cir.2009) (per curiam) (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted). “Substantial evidence means more than a mere scintilla. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” Burgess v. Astrue, 537 F.3d 117, 127 (2d Cir.2008) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

Upon such review, we affirm the order of the district court for substantially the same reasons set forth in the magistrate judge’s thorough and well-reasoned report and recommendation dated August 5, 2011, which the district court adopted in its entirety. Husband v. Astrue, No. 2:10-cv-228, 2011 WL 4068407, at *1 (D.Vt. Aug. 5, 2011), adopted by 2011 WL 4074654, at *1 (D.Vt. Sept. 12, 2011).

We have considered all of Husband’s arguments on appeal and conclude that they are without merit. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is hereby

AFFIRMED. 
      
      . Husband failed to raise his obesity argument in his objection to the report and recommendation, waiving further judicial review. Cephas v. Nash, 328 F.3d 98, 107 (2d Cir. 2003). As this waiver does not appear to result in manifest injustice, Krumme v. West-Point Stevens Inc., 238 F.3d 133, 142 (2d Cir.2000), the panel elects not to exercise its discretion and evaluate the claim’s merits. Caidor v. Onondaga Cnty., 517 F.3d 601, 603 (2d Cir.2008).