Case Name: Kevin W. RODEWALD, Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-02-28
Citations: 455 F. App'x 725
Docket Number: No. 11-2231
Parties: Kevin W. RODEWALD, Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 455
Pages: 725–726

Head Matter:
Kevin W. RODEWALD, Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee.
No. 11-2231.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 23, 2012.
Filed: Feb. 28, 2012.
Kevin W. Rodewald, Wayzata, MN, pro se.
Edward J. Kristof, Assistant Regional Counsel, Donna L. Calvert, Social Security Administration, Office of General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, Lonnie Frank Bryan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Ap-pellee.
Before WOLLMAN, MELLOY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Kevin W. Rodewald appeals the district court's order affirming the denial of disability insurance benefits. Upon de novo review, see Perkins v. Astrue, 648 F.3d 892, 897 (8th Cir.2011), we agree with the district court that substantial evidence on the record as a whole supports the administrative law judge's (ALJ's) decision. We disagree with Rodewald's contention that the ALJ was required to call a psychological expert to testify at the 2009 hearing. He fails to recognize that following remand by the district court, the ALJ arranged for psychologist Daniel Kessler to review the records relevant to psychiatric problems and to respond to interrogatories, and we find that having Dr. Kessler answer interrogatories, as opposed to testifying at the hearing, does not call for reversal. Cf. Naber v. Shalala, 22 F.3d 186, 189 (8th Cir.1994) (ALJ did not err by failing to call medical expert to testify, as ALJ's findings on claimant's alcoholism, alcohol-related depression, and spinal problems had sufficient evidentiary basis without such testimony). We also find that the ALJ's adverse credibility determination is entitled to deference, see McCoy v. Astrue, 648 F.3d 605, 614 (8th Cir.2011) (if ALJ explicitly. discredit's claimant and gives good reasons for doing so, this court normally defers to ALJ's credibility determination); that the ALJ considered and discussed the 100% disability rating of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the manner required by our case law, see Morrison v. Apfel, 146 F.3d 625, 628 (8th Cir.1998); and that the allegations of bias are unfounded. The district court is affirmed.
. The Honorable Arthur J. Boylan, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
. We decline to consider the other matters Rodewald raises for the first time on appeal. See Flynn v. Chater, 107 F.3d 617, 620 (8th Cir.1997).