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NITED STATE S COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ D.C. Dock etNo. 1 :0 9- cv -0 01 02 -MP -AK SARAH C. SCOTT, Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll an t ve rs us
COMM ISSI ONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defen da nt -Ap pe ll ee.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ App eal fro m

th e Uni te d S ta te s Di stric t Co urt forth e North ernDis tri ctof F lo rid a
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Jun e 3 , 20 11 ) Befo re EDMONDSON, PRYOR an d B LACK, Circ ui t Jud ge s. PER CURI AM:Sara h S co ttap pe al s the di stric t co urt’s o rd er af firmin g the Co m

m is si on er’s de ni al of h er ap pl ic at io n fo r di sabi li ty ins ur an ce b en efi ts an d s up pl em en ta l se curit y in co m e b en efi ts . Sco ttarg ue s the hypo th et ic al qu es ti on s p os edby the Adm in is tra ti ve Law Ju dg e (ALJ) to th e v oc at io na l ex pe rt ( VE) reg ard in g h er ab il ity to workfai le d t o a ddres s the ful l ex te ntof h er m en ta l i m pa irments or li mit at io ns . Spe ci fic al ly, Sco ttco nt en ds th e ALJ’s h y po th et ic al fai le d t o i nc lu de he r m od erat e in ab il ity

to : m ai nt ai n a tt en ti on an d c on cen tra ti on for ex te nd ed pe rio ds , com

pl et e a n orm al work da y

or wo rkweekwitho utin te rrupt io ns fro m ps y ch ol og ic al ly bas edsym pt om s, an d p erfo rm

at aco ns is te ntpa ce wi th ou t an un reas on ab le nu m

be r an d l en gt h o f res t p eri od s. Aft er re vi ew, we affi rm th e ALJ’s d eci si on . 1 The So ci al Secu rit y

reg ul at io ns est ab li sh a fi ve -s te p, s eque nt ia l ev al ua ti on pr oc es s t o d et erm in e d is ab il ity forbo th SSI an d d is ab il ity in suran ce b en efi ts cl ai m s. Se e 20 C.F.R. § § 4 04 .15 20 , 41 6.9 20 . The l as t two s te ps are re le va ntto th is ap pe al : wh ethe r th e cl ai m an t h as th e Res idua l Fu nc ti on al Cap aci ty (RFC) t o pe rfo rm he r pa strel ev an t wo rk , andwhet he r, inli gh t o f th e cl ai m an t’s RF C, ag e,
“We re view the [AL J ’s] decision to determine if it is supported by substantial evidence 1 and base d on proper

leg al standards.” Crawf

ord v. Comm’r of Soc. Se c. , 363 F.3d 1155, 1158 (11th Cir. 2004). “This limited reviewprec ludes dec iding the f acts a new, makingcre dibility deter minations, or re-w eighing the evidenc e.” Moore v . Barnhart , 405 F.3d 1208, 1211 ( 11th Cir. 2005). 2educ at io n, an d wo rkex pe rie nc e, th ere are o th er job s the cla im an t ca n p erfo rm . Id.

If a cl ai m an t p ro ve s s he canno lo ng er p erfo rm he r pa strel ev an t wo rk , at the fin al st ep , “ th e b ur de n s hi fts to th e Co m m is si on er t o s ho w th e ex is te nc e o f ot he r job s i n th e n at io na l ec on omy

whi ch , gi ve n the cla im an t’s i m pa irments , th e cl ai m an t ca n pe rfo rm .” Jo nes v. Ap

fe l , 19 0 F .3d12 24 , 12 28 (11 th Cir . 19 99 ) (quo ta ti on om itte d) . An ALJ m ay

rel y so le ly on the tes ti m on y

of aVE in d et erm in in g whe th er the re ar e o th er job s the cla im an t can p erfo rm ; h owe ve r, “ th e ALJ m us t po se a hypo th et ic al qu es ti on whi chco m pr is es all of the cla im an t’s i m pa irments .” Id
. at 1 22 9– 30 . The reco rdhe re d em on strat es th atth e ALJ p os edhypo th et ic al qu es ti on s whi chen co m

pa ss edall of S co tt ’s im

pa irments . The ALJ a sk edth e VE to ass um e

“ m od erat e li m it at io ns inm ai nt ai ni ng co nc en tra ti on , per si st en ce, an d p ace” in ad di ti on to th e p hysic al li mit at io ns di sc us se d i n the in it ia l h y po th et ic al . The sp eci fic li m it at io ns no te d i n S co tt ’s arg um en t ar e a s ub se t o f “ su st ai ne d co nc en tra ti on an d p ers is te nc e” co nc ern s i n the Men ta l RF C Ass es sm en t. The VE’ s t es ti m on y

co ns ti tu te d s ub st an ti al ev id en ce tha t Sc ot t was no t d is ab le d. AFFIRMED.

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