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# FI LED MA R 30 2012 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALSR i char d L . N ort on (“ N ort on ”) appeal s f rom a deni al of di sabi l i ty i nsurance be ne f i t s unde rT i t l e I I a nd T i t l e X V I of the S oc i a l S e c ur i ty A c t . T he A d m in istrativ e L aw Ju d g e ( “A L J” ) u p h eld th e C o m m issio n ero f S o cial S ec u rity’s ( “ C om m i s s i one r ” ) f

i ndi ng tha tN or t on w a s notdi s abl e d. A t i m e l y r e que s tf or r e v ie w w a s d e c lin e d b y th e A p p e a ls C o u n c il. W e r e v ie w th a t c o u r t’s ju d g m e n t in f a v o ro f th e Co mmi s s i o n e rp u r s u a n tt o 2 8 U . S. C. § 1 2 9 1 . W e a f f i r m. A tS t ep F i ve of the S equent i al A nal ys i s, the A L J f ou nd thatN ort on : (1) had no tw orked si nce hi s a l l eged di sabi l i ty onsetdat e of J anuary 1, 20 05 ; (2) has se vere i m pai rm ent s of s ei zure di sorderand l ow erback pai n; (3) N ort on ’ s s ever e i m pa i r m e nt s do notm e e tore qua l one of the L i s t e d I m pa i r m e nt s de s c r i be d i n 20 C .F .R . P t. 4 0 4 , S u b p t. P , A p p . 1 ; ( 4 ) r e ta in e dth e r e s id u a l f u n c tio n a l c ap a c ity to perf orm m edi um w ork and si m pl e, re pet i t i ve t as ks, bu tshou l d n otperf orm re pet i t i ve ov erhead m ot i on s a nd shou l d n otbe expo se d t o h az ar ds; and, (5) w ork e xi s t s i n s i gni f

i c a ntnum be r s tha tN or t on i s c apabl e of pe r f or m i ng. I n m a ki ng the f in d in g o f r e s id u a l f

u n c tio n a l c ap a c ity , th e A L J f o u n d th a t N o r to n ’s s ta te m e n ts re gardi ng the i nt ensi ty, pers i st ence , and l i m i t i ng ef fe ct s of hi s s ym pt om s w er e cr edi bl e onl y t o the ext entthey w er e c on si st entw i th the re si du al funct i on al c apa c i ty f

i ndi ng. E xceptfor N ort on ’ s bri ef ho spi t al i za t i on i n Jul y 200 5, there i s no o ther m e d ic a l e v id e n c e w h ic h o f f e r s a n y e x p la n a tio n f

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br e a th. N o doc t oropi ne d tha tN or t on s h o u ld n o t w o r k b e c a u s e o f h is im p a irm e n ts . A s s u m in g , ar gue ndo , th a tth e ALJ di d notpr ope r l y a r t i c ul a t e w hy he di d notf ul l y c r e di tthe t e s t i m ony of N or t on or hi s s i s t e r , a r e m a nd t o c orr e c tthe s uppos e d e rr or s w oul d notr e s ul ti n a di f f e r e nt deci si on , because, on thi s r ec ord, no re as on abl e A L J w ou l d fi nd thatthe evi dence s u p p o r ts a f

in d in g o f d is ab ility . Se e S to u t v . C o m m is s io n e r, So c ia l Se c . A dm in , 45 4 F . 3d 10 50 , 10 56 (9th C i r. 20 06 ). T he hypo thet i ca l qu es t i on thatthe A L J putt o the vo ca t i on al expert a d e q u a te ly d e s c r ib e d th e lim ita tio n s o f N o r to n ’s s e v e r e im p a irm e n ts . See D es rosi er

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i nd i ng thatthe peri od of di sabi l i ty begi nn i ng M ay14 , 20 09 , w as base d o n the sa m e e vi dence avai l abl e duri ng the peri od un der c on si dera t i on before th e A L J . A cco rd i n g l y, th e d eci si o n o f th e D i stri ctC o u rti s A FFI R M ED .