Christine Louise Kensinger v. Michelle King, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration1

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 24-2113
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Christine Louise Kensinger
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Michelle King, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration1;
Judge Walter Hellums, Administrative Law Judge
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield
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Submitted: February 6, 2025
Filed: February 12, 2025
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
1Michelle King has been appointed to serve as Acting Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration, and is substituted as appellee pursuant to Federal
Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c).

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Christine Kensinger appeals the district court’s2 order affirming the denial of
disability insurance benefits. We agree with the court that substantial evidence in the
record as a whole supports the adverse decision. See Swink v. Saul, 931 F.3d 765,
769 (8th Cir. 2019) (standard of review).
Specifically, we find that substantial evidence supported the Administrative
Law Judge’s (ALJ’s) conclusion that Kensinger’s exposure to mold was not a severe
impairment. See Page v. Astrue, 484 F.3d 1040, 1044 (8th Cir. 2007). The ALJ did
not err in discounting the medical opinions on housing assistance forms, which did
not identify specific functional limitations, and used a definition of “disability” that
differs from the definition of “disability” in the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C.
§ 423(d)(1); KKC v. Colvin, 818 F.3d 364, 371 (8th Cir. 2016). While Kensinger
also argues that the ALJ erred in failing to consider records from her chiropractic
provider, that is not an acceptable medical source for determining disability. See
Miller v. Colvin, 784 F.3d 472, 478 (8th Cir. 2015); Craig v. Apfel, 212 F.3d 433,
436 (8th Cir. 2000).
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. We also deny
Kensinger’s motion to supplement the record on appeal.
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2The Honorable Brian C. Wimes, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
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