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Parties Involved:
Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Appellee
Shirley R. Camp
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Jerry W. Cavaneau, 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). 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1490

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Shirley R. Camp, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, *

Social Security Administration, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellee. *

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Submitted: June 23, 2006

Filed: June 29, 2006

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Before ARNOLD, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Shirley R. Camp appeals the district court’s1

 order affirming the denial of

disability insurance benefits. Camp alleged disability since January 2002 from

multiple impairments, including arthritis, nerves, diabetes, seizures, and muscle

spasms. After an April 2003 hearing, an administrative law judge (ALJ) determined

that (1) certain of Camp’s alleged impairments were not severe, although some were

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medically determinable; (2) her diabetes and cervical degenerative disc disease with

chronic pain were severe impairments alone or combined, but not of listing-level

severity; (3) her allegations of limitations were not entirely credible; (4) her residual

functional capacity for less than a full range of light work precluded her past relevant

work; but (5) she could perform other jobs a vocational expert (VE) had identified in

response to a hypothetical. 

 

Camp argues that the ALJ erred in determining that she did not suffer from

severe depression and anxiety. We disagree, because, among other reasons, there was

nothing in the record indicating Camp was referred to or sought care from a mental

health professional, see Shannon v. Chater, 54 F.3d 484, 486 (8th Cir. 1995) (failure

to seek treatment may be inconsistent with disability); as of Camp’s alleged onset

date, there were no noted reports of anxiety or depressive symptoms, other than

sleeping problems; and she herself told specialists she had a history of only mild

anxiety and depression. See Nguyen v. Chater, 75 F.3d 429, 430-31 (8th Cir. 1996)

(claimant bears burden of establishing severe impairment that significantly limits her

physical or mental ability to do basic work activities). 

We also reject Camp’s challenges to the ALJ’s credibility findings and to the

hypothetical. Contrary to Camp’s assertions, the ALJ gave multiple valid reasons--in

addition to the lack of objective medical evidence--for finding her not entirely

credible, see Guilliams v. Barnhart, 393 F.3d 798, 801 (8th Cir. 2005) (this court does

not re-weigh evidence and defers to ALJ’s credibility determination so long as it is

supported by good reasons and substantial evidence); and in the hypothetical the ALJ,

as required, set forth impairments that he accepted as true and that were supported by

substantial evidence, see Stormo v. Barnhart, 377 F.3d 801, 808-09 (8th Cir. 2004).

Camp’s remaining arguments provide no basis for reversal. Accordingly, we

affirm. 

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