Case Name: Bobby PIPKIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Commissioner, Social Security Commission, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-08-22
Citations: 527 F. App'x 589
Docket Number: No. 12-3787
Parties: Bobby PIPKIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Commissioner, Social Security Commission, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before MURPHY, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 527
Pages: 589–590

Head Matter:
Bobby PIPKIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Commissioner, Social Security Commission, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-3787.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: July 5, 2013.
Filed: Aug. 22, 2013.
Anthony W. Bartels, Attorney, Jones-boro, AR, Eugene Gregory Wallace, Campbell University School Of Law, Raleigh, NC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Stuart Lipke, Assistant Regional Counsel, Michael McGaughran, Kerry Simpson, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration Office of General Counsel Region VI, Dallas, TX, Stacey E. McCord, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before MURPHY, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Bobby Pipkin appeals the district court's order affirming the denial of disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. Upon de novo review of the record, see Anderson v. Astrue, 696 F.3d 790, 793 (8th Cir.2012), and careful consideration of Pipkin's arguments, we find no basis for reversal. Specifically, because the administrative law judge (ALJ) gave several valid reasons for his credibility determination, it is entitled to deference. See Renstrom v. Astrue, 680 F.3d 1057, 1067 (8th Cir.2012). Further, the ALJ properly discounted the opinions of a consulting physician and psychologist as to Pipkin's residual functional capacity (RFC), see Lacroix v. Barnhart, 465 F.3d 881, 888 (8th Cir.2006) (opinion of consulting physician who examines claimant once does not generally constitute substantial evidence); and the ALJ's RFC determination is supported by some medical evidence, as required, as it is consistent with the medical findings and diagnostic test results in the treatment records, see Jones v. Astrue, 619 F.3d 963, 971-72 (8th Cir. 2010) (ALJ is responsible for determining RFC based on all relevant evidence, including medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and claimant's own description of his limitations). Finally, because Pipkin bases his challenge to the ALJ's hypothetical on his other arguments, this challenge necessarily fails as well. The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
. The Honorable H. David Young, 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).
. Pipkin has waived several issues on appeal by not addressing them in his brief, such as the finding that certain of his allegedly disabling impairments were not severe. See Hacker v. Barnhart, 459 F.3d 934, 937 n. 2 (8th Cir.2006).