## United States Court of App eals

F O R T H E E I G H T H C I R C U I T

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No. 1 1- 29 83

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Geo rg e Les te r Fu ll ert on , Jr., *

* App el la nt , * App eal fro m th e Uni te d S ta te s
* Dis tri ct Co ur t fo r th e

v. * East ern Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s.
* Mi ch ael J. As tru e, Co m

m is si on er, * [UNPUBLISHED] So ci al Secu rit y

Adm in is tra ti on , *

* App el le e. *

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Su bm it te d: Feb ru ary 3, 2 01 2 Fi le d: Feb ru ary 8, 2 01 2

__ __ __ __ __ _ Befo re LOKEN, BOW MAN, an d B ENTON, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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Geo rg e Lest er Fu ll ert on , Jr
., a p p e al s fro m th e or de r of th e Dis tri ct Co ur t 1
affi rm in g th e de ni al of su pp le m en ta l se cu rit y in co m e (SSI ) be fo re Ju ne 3, 20 07 (th e da te Fu ll ert on tu rn ed fif

ty), an d th e de ni al of di sa bi li ty in su ran ce be ne fit s (DIB). W e

rev ie w de no vo . Part ee v

. Ast ru e, 63 8 F.3d 86 0, 86 3 (8t h Cir. 20 11 ). W e co nc lu de th at su bs ta nt ia l ev id en ce on th e reco rd as a w h o l e s u pp or ts th e de ci si on of th e

The Hon or ab le Bet h M. Deere
, Uni te d St at es Mag is tra te Ju dg e fo r th e East ern 1 Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s, to who m th e cas e was refe rred fo r fin al di sp os it io n by co ns en t of th e p art ie s u nd er 2 8 U.S.C. § 63 6( c).ad m in is tra ti ve la w jud ge (ALJ)
, i n c l ud in g th e ALJ’s de te rm in at io n of Fu ll ert on ’s

res id ua l fu nc ti on al cap aci ty. See Mo or e v. Ast ru e, 57 2 F.3 d 52 0, 52 3 (8 th Ci r. 20 09 ).
W e note th at th e di st in ct io ns in th e Med ic al -Vo cat io na l Gui de li ne s be twee n “ y oung er in di vi du al s” who are ei gh te en to fo rty-fou r an d th os e who are fo rty-fiv e to fo rty-ni ne , fo r pu rp os es of de te rm in in g di sa bi li ty, are irr el ev an t in Fu ll ert on ’s cas e be cau se hi s
pa st wor k ex pe rie nc e was sk il le d an d he ad m it te dl y co m pl et e d th e el ev en th gr ad e. The se fact or s fo recl os ed a fin di ng of di sa bi li ty be fo re th e ag e of fif ty. See 20 C.F.R. pt

. 40 4, su bp t. P, ap p. 2 § 20 1.0 0( h) ; id

. t a b l e 1
, ru le s 20 1.1 9– .20
, 20 1.2 5– .26 ; se e al so 20 C.F.R. §§ 40 4.1 56 3( c) (DIB), 41 6.9 63 (c) (SSI ) (d efi ni ng “ y ou ng er pe rs on ”);
40 4.1 56 4 (b )(3 ) (DIB), 41 6.9 64 (b )(3 ) (SSI ) (d efi n i n g “ li m it ed ed uc at io n” ). Onl y aft er Fu ll ert on tu rn ed fif ty, an d h i s ag e cat eg or y (fi fty to fif ty-fou r) ch an ge d to

“ pe rs on cl os el y ap pr oa ch in g ad va nc ed ag e,” di d th e Med ic al -Vo cat io na l Gui de li ne s di rect a fin di ng of di sa bl ed (reg ard le ss of whe th er Fu ll ert on co m pl et ed on ly th e el ev en th gr ad e or was a hi gh sc ho ol gr ad ua te ), ba se d on th e ALJ’s de te rm in at io n th at Fu ll ert on ha d no tra ns fera bl e sk il ls

. See 20 C.F.R. pt

. 40 4, su bp t. P, ap p. 2, tab le 1,

ru le s 2 0 1.1 0, 20 1.1 4; se e al so 20 C.F.R. §§ 40 4.1 56 3( d) (DIB), 41 6.9 63 (d ) (SSI ) (d efi ni ng “ pe rs on cl os el y ap pr oa ch in g ad va n c e d ag e”). Thu s, on Ju ne 3, 20 07
, Fu ll ert on was en ti tl ed to SSI, bu t he no lo ng er qu al ifi ed fo r DIB, be cau se hi s in su red

st at us ex pi red on Decem

be r 31
, 20 05

. See Dip pl e v. Ast ru e, 60 1 F.3 d 83 3, 83 4 (8 th Ci r. 20 10 ) (req ui rin g DIB cla im an t t o p ro ve th at he was di sa bl ed be fo re the da te he

was la st in su red ). As to th e erro rs Fu ll ert on id en ti fie s in th e ALJ’s op in io n, al th ou gh

we fin d so m e of th em tro ub li ng , we co nc lu de th at th ey do no t affe ct th e fin al

ou tc om e. 2

W e aff irm th e Dis tri ct Co ur t.

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W e de cl in e to co ns id er th e ne w arg um en ts Fu ll ert on rai se s on a p p e a l or th e 2

ne w m at eri al s he ha s su bm it te d wit h hi s ap pe al

. See Fl y nn v. Ch at er, 10 7 F.3 d 61 7, 62 0 (8 th Cir . 19 97 ); J on es v. Ca ll ah an , 12 2 F .3d 11 48 , 11 54 (8t h C ir. 1 99 7)

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