Cox v. Social ( 1997 )

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 97-1219
BARBARA M. COX,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER,
Defendant, Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE
[Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Boudin and Lynch,
Circuit Judges.
Francis M. Jackson on brief for appellant.
Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, David R. Collins,
Assistant United States Attorney, and Thomas D. Ramsey, Assistant
Regional Counsel, Region I, Social Security Administration, on brief
for appellee.
November 26, 1997
Per Curiam. Claimant-appellant Barbara Cox appeals
from a judgment of the district court adopting the
Magistrate's report and affirming an order of the
Commissioner of Social Security that Cox was not entitled to
disability benefits. Having carefully reviewed the record
and the parties' briefs, we reject each of appellant's
assignments of error under Social Security Ruling 83-20, and
affirm substantially for the reasons stated in the
Magistrate's thorough report of December 16, 1996. We add
here only that, contrary to appellant's suggestion, the
Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ's) decision contains findings
adequate to permit effective review of his determination as
to appellant's credibility, and there was no prejudice in the
ALJ's failure to separately mention appellant's husband's
affidavit. See Stein v. Sullivan, 966 F.2d 317, 319 (7th
Cir. 1992) (noting that the level of articulation required in
an ALJ's decision is not precise). The finding that
appellant did not demonstrate the onset of a severe mental
impairment prior to the expiration of her insured status is
supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole.
Affirmed.
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