Case Name: Joseph LANGDON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-30
Citations: 549 F. App'x 592
Docket Number: No. 13-2148
Parties: Joseph LANGDON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 549
Pages: 592–593

Head Matter:
Joseph LANGDON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 13-2148.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 17, 2013.
Filed: Dec. 30, 2013.
Anthony W. Bartels, Jonesboro, AR, Eugene Gregory Wallace, Campbell University School of Law, NC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Stacey E. McCord, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Little Rock, AR, Linda H. Green, Assistant Regional Counsel, Michael McGaughran, Social Security Administration Office of General Counsel Region VI, Dallas, TX for Defendant-Appellee.
Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Joseph Langdon appeals the district court's order affirming the denial of disability insurance benefits. Upon de novo review, see Van Vickle v. Astrue, 539 F.3d 825, 828 & n. 2 (8th Cir.2008), we find that the reasons the administrative law judge (ALJ) gave for discounting the residual functional capacity (RFC) opinion of treating physician Stacey Noel were valid. See McDade v. Astrue, 720 F.3d 994, 999-1000 (8th Cir.2013) (treating physician's opinion that applicant is unable to work involves issue reserved for Commissioner, and is not type of medical opinion which is entitled to controlling weight; treating physician's conclusory statement does not deserve controlling weight); Renstrom v. Astrue, 680 F.3d 1057, 1064 (8th Cir.2012) (treating physician's opinion does not automatically control as record must be evaluated as whole); Perkins v. Astrue, 648 F.3d 892, 899 (8th Cir.2011) (it is permissible for ALJ to discount opinion that is inconsistent with physician's own treatment notes). We thus find that it was proper for the ALJ to rely on a vocational expert's (VE's) testimony to find Langdon not disabled. See Buckner v. Astrue, 646 F.3d 549, 560-61 (8th Cir.2011) (when VE's testimony is based on hypothetical that accounts for all of claimant's proven impairments, it constitutes substantial evidence); see also Perks v. Astrue, 687 F.3d 1086, 1092 (8th Cir.2012) (claimant has burden of establishing RFC). The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
. The Honorable J. Thomas Ray, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).