Meyer

MEMORANDUM

1. Meyer has not waived the arguments she raised before the district court and this court. The Social Security Appeals Council has a duty to examine the entire record in determining whether to grant review, even if the claimant has not specified those issues as to which she thinks the ALJ erred. Sims v. Apfel, 530 U.S. 103 , 120 S.Ct. 2080, 2086 , 147 L.Ed.2d 80 (2000).

2. Substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s decision to discredit Dr. Greils’ conclusion that Meyer suffers from an incapacitating mental impairment. The ALJ found that Greils’ conclusion that the organic brain syndrome is incapacitating was inconsistent both with Greils’ concurrent finding of a Global Assessment Functioning level of 70 (indicating that Meyer suffers only from mild psychological symptoms), and with the activities in which Meyer engages. These are clear and convincing reasons for rejecting Greils’ uncon-tradicted evidence. Andrews v. Shalala, 53 F.3d 1035,1041 (9th Cir.1995). Contrary to Meyer’s representation, no other doctor concluded that she suffers from an organic brain syndrome.

3. Because he provided specific, cogent reasons for doing so, the ALJ did not err in discrediting…