Gerald D. Larson v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Administration

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-3365
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Gerald D. Larson
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Administration
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of Minnesota
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Submitted: July 15, 2026
Filed: July 20, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and JUSTIN D. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Gerald Larson appeals the district court’s1 order affirming the denial of
supplemental security income. We agree with the court that substantial evidence in
the record as a whole supports the adverse decision. See Cropper v. Dudek, 136 F.4th
809, 813 (8th Cir. 2025) (standard of review). We find the ALJ properly evaluated
the persuasiveness of the state agency psychological consultants’ opinions.
See Austin v. Kijakazi, 52 F.4th 723, 729 (8th Cir. 2022) (finding ALJ did not
improperly ignore part of medical opinion, as ALJ was free to accept some but not all
of opinion, was not required to explicitly reconcile every conflicting shred of medical
evidence, and properly evaluated overall persuasiveness of opinion). The ALJ’s
determination that these opinions were generally persuasive did not require her to
adopt verbatim all aspects of the opinions in determining Larson’s residual functional
capacity (RFC), nor was the RFC determination inconsistent with those opinions. See
Shaibi v. Berryhill, 883 F.3d 1102, 1107 (9th Cir. 2017) (finding no obvious
inconsistency between physicians’ opinions that claimant could relate to others on
superficial basis and ALJ’s determination that claimant was limited to work in non-
public setting with occasional interaction with coworkers). Further, substantial
evidence supported the RFC determination regarding Larson’s social interaction
abilities. See Page v. Astrue, 484 F.3d 1040, 1043 (8th Cir. 2007) (RFC
determination was supported by substantial evidence, including medical evidence,
state agency consultants’ opinions, and claimant’s subjective statements).
The judgment is affirmed.
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1The Honorable Nancy E. Brasel, United States District Judge for the District
of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Douglas
L. Micko, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.
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