Juliet Edwards v. Carolyn Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Juliet M. Edwards appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of her application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

We review the district court’s order de novo. Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1110 (9th Cir.2012). We may set aside the denial of benefits only if it is not supported by substantial evidence or rests on legal error. Id.

Edwards first contends that, because a vocational expert testified that she would be unable to perform her past relevant work or any other work if she needed a cane to walk, the district court erred by not considering her use of a cane in determining her residual functional capacity. Because Edwards failed to raise this argument before the district court, this issue is waived. See Greger v. Barnhart, 464 F.3d 968, 973 (9th Cir.2006).

Edwards next contends that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred by finding that her statements concerning the intensity, persistence, and limiting effects of her symptoms and her need for a cane were not…