Champagne
Champagne v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Cynthia Champagne appeals the district court decision to affirm an administrative denial of her application for disability benefits and supplemental security income. We affirm. Because the parties are famil *881 iar with the facts and procedural history, we will not recount them here.
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Champagne first argues that she suffers from anatomical deformity of both feet, matching the description in 20 C.F.R. pt. 404, subpt. P, app. 1 § 1.09 (2001). If true, this would automatically qualify her for total disability. All parties agree that Champagne has a severe degenerative condition in her left foot that would qualify under § 1.09, leaving the dispute centered entirely on her right foot. In rejecting this claim, the ALJ and the magistrate judge cited medical reports showing that her right foot injury had basically healed by late 1999.
Champagne argues that other medical reports from 1999 continue to show significant damage to her right ankle, but the record does not support her claim. The September 1999 radiology report by Dr. Harris consistently describes her lingering right foot problems as “mild” or “slight” and describes the overall configuration as “stable.” The…