Centeno

MEMORANDUM

Lana Centeno appeals the district court’s decision upholding the determination of the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) that she was not entitled to disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

Our review must consider whether the ALJ’s finding was supported by substantial evidence and was free of legal error. Batson v. Comm’r of the Soc. Sec. Admin., 359 F.3d 1190, 1193 (9th Cir.2004). Centeno claims she is disabled based on chronic neck pain, various problems with her hands, pain in her arm and shoulder, depression and other physical and mental impairments. Centeno argues the ALJ erred in finding her only severe physical impairment was chronic neck pain (cervical degenerative disc disease) and in assessing her mental residual functional capacity (“RFC”) by adopting the findings of the examining psychologist and rejecting the opinions of her treating mental health professionals.

The ALJ rejected Centeno’s claims that her other physical impairments were severe because he found her testimony regarding the severity of the symptoms not fully credible. His credibility finding was based on…