Halter

MEMORANDUM *

Charles Williams appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner’s decision to deny his application for disability insurance benefits. On May 29, 1996, Williams filed an application for disability insurance benefits, alleging disability beginning in May 1986 due to post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. Following a July 1998 Social Security Administration hearing, an administrative law judge (ALJ) determined that the relevant adjudication period for Williams’s application was from April 19, 1988 to March 31, 1992. Based on testimony by a vocational expert (VE) and documentary evidence submitted by several physicians, the ALJ found Williams not disabled during the relevant adjudication period because the VE testified that Williams could perform several jobs that exist in significant numbers in the national and state economies. Having carefully considered the record, we affirm.

“We review de novo the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner’s denial of benefits. The Commissioner’s decision *937 to deny benefits will be overturned only if it is not supported by substantial evidence or is based on legal error. Substantial…