Mary M. MAGALLANES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Mary Magallanes appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming the determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) of the onset date of her disability. Magallanes argues that the Secretary’s decision awarding her disability benefits but rejecting her claim of an earlier onset date was not supported by substantial evidence. She contends that the administrative law judge (AU) improperly disregarded the opinion of her treating physicians, improperly relied on a non-treating, non-examining physician’s opinion, failed to make sufficient findings to justify discrediting her subjective pain testimony, and improperly relied on unsupported vocational expert testimony. We have jurisdiction over Magallanes’s timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

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Magallanes was born on August 11, 1941, is married, and has four children. Her education consists of the completion of the 11th grade and two weeks of training for grocery checking. She worked as a grocery checker for 15 years and as a bank teller for two months.

Magallanes was injured in an automobile accident on February 24, 1983. Following this accident, she attempted to work from June 6 to July…