Ricky Davis v. Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 13-2891
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Ricky Davis
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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Submitted: April 23, 2014
Filed: April 28, 2014
[Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Ricky Davis appeals from an order of the District Court affirming the denial1
of supplemental security income. On appeal, Davis’s only challenge is to the
The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, United States District Judge for the Eastern1
District of Arkansas.

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adequacy of the hypothetical the administrative law judge (ALJ) posed to the
vocational expert (VE). We find no merit to this challenge. See Myers v. Colvin, 721
F.3d 521, 524 (8th Cir. 2013) (standard of review). Specifically, we conclude that the
hypothetical set forth those impairments that were supported by substantial evidence
on the record as a whole, that were accepted as true, and that captured the concrete
consequences of the impairments and thus that the ALJ properly relied on the VE’s
response to the hypothetical to find Davis not disabled. See Renstrom v. Astrue, 680
F.3d 1057, 1067 (8th Cir. 2012); see also Hulsey v. Astrue, 622 F.3d 917, 922 (8th
Cir. 2010) (noting that VE’s testimony constitutes substantial evidence when it is
based on hypothetical that accounts for all of claimant’s proven impairments). We
affirm the judgment of the District Court.
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