Denna Hasso v. Carolyn Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Denna Rasho Hasso appeals from the Social Security Administration’s denial of her application for disability insurance benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

1.Hasso claims that the agency erred by according minimal weight to the assessment offered by Dr. Cerato, one of her treating physicians. Dr. Cerato’s assessment directly conflicted with the opinion evidence offered by seven doctors, two of whom were also Hasso’s treating physicians. Substantial evidence supported the ALJ’s conclusion that Dr. Cerato’s opinion was “not supported by the treatment records or by the activities of daily living.” Hasso testified to performing daily activities that are inconsistent with Dr. Cerato’s assessment. Further, Dr. Cerato’s own treating records from Hasso’s most recent appointment state that Hasso was “[i]n no acute distress,” “[d]enie[d] bone pain, muscle pain, bilateral hand and right wrist joint pain,” and had “[n]o headache” or “extrem[e] weakness.” See Tommasetti v. Astrue, 533 F.3d 1035, 1041 (9th Cir.2008) (“The incongruity between [treating physi-cianj’s Questionnaire responses and her medical records provides an additional specific and…