Joanne M. LONG, Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Appellee

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• explaining that it is not the role of the district court to reverse the Commissioner’s decision because “substantial evidence exists for the opposite decision.”
• determining that failing to seek treatment was inconsistent with claimant’s subjective complaints of disabling pain
• noting that individual’s complaints of “functional limitations were inconsistent with her failure to take prescription pain medication or to seek regular medical treatment”
• Holding an ALJ properly rejected a plaintiff’s subjective complaints after “the ALJ delineated at length the reasons why [the claimant]’s subjective complaints had to be rejected.”
• affirming finding that 30,000 jobs in national economy and 650 jobs in state constitute a significant number
• finding substantial evidence supported the ALJ’s credibility determination because, in part, of plaintiff’s “academic achievements”; Thurn v. Apfel, 994 F. Supp. 1156, 1168 (W.D. Mo. 1998

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).