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PER CURI AM.Ty li th a Dav is ap pe al s th e di st ric t co ur t’s or de r affi rm in g th e de ni al of ch il d’s 1
in su ran ce be ne fit s (CIB ) an d di sa bi li ty in su ran ce be ne fit s ( D I B )

. W e fin d th at

su bs ta nt ia l ev id en ce on th e reco rd as a who le su pp or ts th e ad m in is tra ti ve la w jud ge ’s (ALJ’s) de te rm in at io n th at Dav is ’s su bst an ce ab use w as a co nt rib ut in g fact or m at eri al
to a de te rm in at io n of di sa bi li ty, an d th us sh e was no t di sa bl ed fro m he r al le ge d on se t da te th ro ug h th e da te of th e ALJ’s op in io n. See Sm it h v. Co lv in
, 75 6 F.3 d 62 1, 62 5 (8 th Ci r. 20 14 ) (d e no vo rev ie w); se e al so Ves te r v. Barn ha rt, 41 6 F.3 d 88 6, 88 8 (8 th Ci r. 20 05 ) (in de te rm in in g whe th er su bs ta nc e ab us e is m at eri al
, cl ai m an t ha s bu rd en of sh owi ng th at sh e wou ld st il l be di sa bl ed if sh e were to st op us in g dr ug s an d al co ho l). As to Dav is ’s ch al le ng es to th e cred ib i l i t y f i n di ng s, th e ALJ was no t
req ui red to di sc us s m et ho di cal ly t he req ui si t e c r e d i bi li ty fac to rs , a nd th e ALJ ci te d

se ve ral va li d reas on s fo r th e ad ve rs e cred ib il it y fin di ng s. See McDa de v. Ast ru e, 72 0 F. 3 d 99 4, 99 8 (8 th Ci r. 20 13 ) (cre di bi li ty de te rm in at io n is en ti tl ed to de fere nc e if

su pp or te d by go od reas on s an d su bs ta nt ia l ev id en ce). Dav i s ’s ch al le ng es to th e ALJ’s am en de d res id ua l fu nc ti on al cap aci ty (RFC ) de te rm in at io n, an d he r r e l a t ed ch al le ng e to a hypo th e t i c a l t o a vo cat io na l ex pe rt (VE), al so pr ov id e no ba si s fo r

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. The RFC op in io ns of two tre at in g ph y si ci an s an d th e gl ob al as se ss m en t of fu nc ti on in g rat in gs up on whi ch Dav is rel ie s di d no t rel at e to th e pe rio d at is su e he re, be cau se Dav is was req ui red to sh ow th at sh e was di sa bl ed be fo re sh e tu rn ed 22 to
qu al ify fo r CIB, se e 42 U.S.C. § 40 2( d)
, an d be fo re he r da te la st in su red to qu al ify fo r DIB, se e Co x v. Barn ha rt, 47 1 F.3 d 90 2, 90 7 (8 th Ci r. 20 06 ). Thu s, th e ALJ pr op erl y rel ie d on th e VE’ s te s t i mo n y in res po ns e to th e hypo th et ic al
, as it cap tu red th e

co nc ret e co ns eq u e n c e s of Dav is ’s de fic ie nc ie s. See Gies ek e v. Co lv in
, 77 0 F.3 d 11 86 , 11 89 (8t h C ir. 2 01 4) . The jud gm en t o f th e d is tri ct co ur t i s af fir m ed

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The Hon or ab le P.K. Hol m es , III, Ch ie f Ju dg e, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Co ur t fo r 1 th e W es te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s, ad op ti ng th e rep or t an d reco mm e nd at io ns of th e Hon or ab le Erin Set se r, Uni te d St at es Mag is tra te Ju dg e fo r th e W es te rn Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s.

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