USCA1 Opinion

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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No. 97-1219

BARBARA M. COX,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER,

Defendant, Appellee.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

[Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]

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Before

Selya, Boudin and Lynch,

Circuit Judges.
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Francis M. Jackson on brief for appellant.

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Jay P. McCloskey,
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Assistant

United States

United

States

Attorney, and

Attorney,

David R. Colli
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Thomas D. Ramsey,
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Assist

Regional Counsel, Region

I, Social Security Administration,

on br

for appellee.

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November 26, 1997

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Per Curiam.
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Claimant-appellant Barbara Cox appeals

from

judgment

Magistrate's

of

report

the

district

and

affirming

Commissioner of Social Security that

disability

and

benefits.

the parties'

assignments

affirm

briefs,

order

of

we

the

the

Cox was not entitled to

reject

each

of

the record

appellant's

of error under Social Security Ruling 83-20, and

substantially

only

an

adopting

Having carefully reviewed

for

Magistrate's thorough report

here

court

that,

contrary

the

reasons

stated

of December 16,

to

1996.

in

the

We

add

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

affidavit.

separately

See Stein
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mention appellant's

v. Sullivan, 966
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F.2d 317,

husband's

319 (7th

Cir. 1992) (noting that the level of articulation required in

an

ALJ's

decision

appellant did not

impairment prior to

is

not

precise).

demonstrate the onset

The

finding

of a severe

the expiration of her insured

that

mental

status is

supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole.

Affirmed.
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