Case Name: Leroy MCFADDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-22
Citations: 713 F. App'x 625
Docket Number: No. 16-35666
Parties: Leroy MCFADDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: M. SMITH and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 713
Pages: 625–626

Head Matter:
Leroy MCFADDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 16-35666
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted February 9, 2018 Seattle, Washington
Filed February 22, 2018
Laurie Wallace, Attorney, Bothe <& Lau-ridsen, P.C., Columbia Falls, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Leif Johnson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the US Attorney, Billings, MT, David Burdett, Special Assistant U.S. At torney, Thomas M. Elsberry, Esquire, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, SSA—Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellee
Before: M. SMITH and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed, R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Andrew P. Gordon, United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Leroy McFadden appeals from the district court's denial of his motion for summary judgment and affirmance of Acting Commissioner Berryhill's denial of disability insurance benefits. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
We review the district court's order de novo. Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1110 (9th Cir. 2012). "An ALJ's disability determination should be upheld unless it contains legal error or is not supported by substantial evidence." Garrison v. Colvin, 759 F.3d 995, 1009 (9th Cir. 2014). Legal errors are harmless if they do not alter the ALJ's final disability determination. Molina, 674 F.3d at 1115.
The ALJ improperly discounted the medical opinion of McFadden's treating physician, Dr. Vanichkachorn, leading the ALJ to miscalculate McFadden's RFC. However, this error is harmless. The vocational expert testified at Step 5 of the disability evaluation that even accounting for the additional limitations suggested by Dr. Vanichkachorn, work exists in the national economy that McFadden could perform. Therefore, the ALJ's errors did not change the ultimate non-disability determination. The ALJ did not otherwise err in his findings and determinations.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.