Case Name: Nanette A. KIMBLE, Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-01-18
Citations: 162 F. App'x 668
Docket Number: No. 04-3623
Parties: Nanette A. KIMBLE, Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Appellee.
Judges: Before BYE, MCMILLIAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 162
Pages: 668–668

Head Matter:
Nanette A. KIMBLE, Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Appellee.
No. 04-3623.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 21, 2005.
Decided Jan. 18, 2006.
Frederick S. Spencer, Mountain Home, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Stacey E. McCord, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before BYE, MCMILLIAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Nanette A. Kimble appeals from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas affirming a decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying her application for supplemental security income benefits. For reversal, Kimble argues that the administrative law judge (ALJ)(1) erred in determining that her mental impairments are not "severe" and (2) breached his duty to develop the record regarding her mental impairments.
Having carefully reviewed the record, we hold that substantial evidence on the record as a whole supports the ALJ's conclusion that Kimble's mental impairments are not severe. See Harris v. Barnhart, 356 F.3d 926, 928 (8th Cir.2004) (standard of review). We further hold that the ALJ did not breach his duty to develop the record because the record before him contained sufficient evidence from which to make an informed decision, including substantial evidence supporting his finding of non-severe mental impairments. See Tellez v. Barnhart, 403 F.3d 953, 956-57 (8th Cir.2005) (rejecting argument that ALJ failed to fully and fairly develop record where there was no indication that ALJ felt unable to make assessment and his conclusion was supported by substantial evidence).
Kimble's remaining arguments either have no apparent relation to this case or are so vague as to be wholly without merit.
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. 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).