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C laim a n t w a s a th irty -tw o y e a r o ld f e m a le w h e n a n A L J f

o u n d h e r in e lig ib le fordi s abi l i t ypaym ent s bas ed on herdi abet es , di s c di s eas e, t hyr oi d di s eas e, and other2

c o n d itio n s . S h e is a h ig h s c h o o l g ra d u a te a n d h a d w o rk e d a s a n u rs e ’s a id e a n d c a s h ie r. S he co m plai ned part i cular l yof p ai n in her r i gh tl eg an d low back and suffers fr om a dis c bul ge att he L4-5 a r ea. She i s abl e t o per for m t as ks s uch as dr i vi ng, cooki ng, l aunder i ng, and cl eani ng. She w as s een a nd t r eat ed bys ever al phy s i ci ans . T he A L J concl uded on the bas i s of thei rr ecor ds and the t es t i m onyof a voc at i onal expertt hats he w as capa bl e of s e d e n ta ry w o rk w ith s o m e lim ita tio n s .

I n t he D i s t r i ctC our t , cl ai m antcont ended thatt he A L J di d notgi ve enough w e ig h t to th e o p in io n o f D r. G ilc h ri s t, w h o w a s tr e a tin g c la im a n t f o r p a in m a n a g e m e n t. T h e C o u rt c o n c lu d e d , af ter a re v iew o f

th e p h y sic ian s’ r e c o rd s, th a t th e A L J p ro p e rly asse ssed that ev iden ce . W e a g ree w ith that co n clus ion . O u r rev iew o f th e re co rd per s uades us t hatt he A L J ’ s fi ndi ngs w er e s uppor t ed bys ubs t ant i al evi dence . See H ar t r anftv. A pfel , 181 F. 3d 358, 360 ( 3d C i r . 1999) ( s t at i ng t hatt he s t andar d of r evi ew fordi s abi l i t ydet erm i nat i ons i s w hethert he “de ci s i on i s s uppor t ed bys ubs t ant i al e v id e n c e .” ). T h e e v id e n c e o f tre a tm e n t an d e x a m in a tio n s b yo th e r p h y sic ian s is cons i s t entw i t h t he fi ndi ng t hatcl ai m anti s abl e t o per for m s edent aryw or k s ubj ectt o t he l i m i t at i ons s etfor t h i n t he A L J ’ s opi ni on.

A c c o rd in g ly, th e ju d g m e n t o f th e D is tr ic t C o u rt w ill b e a f f ir m e d .