Michaela Kellner v. Carolyn Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Michaela Whitney Kellner appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of her application for disabled adult child’s benefits and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. Kellner contends that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”). erred in finding that she could perform existing work and was thus not disabled. She specifically contends that the ALJ erred in rejecting her testimony regarding the extent of her pain and dysfunction. 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 is based on legal error. Id. Where evidence is susceptible to more than one rational interpretation, we “must uphold the ALJ’s findings if they are supported by inferences reasonably drawn from the record.” Id. at 1111 .

Kellner’s contentions that the ALJ erred in discounting her credibility lack merit. The ALJ offered specific, clear and convincing reasons for rejecting some of Kell-ner’s statements by…