Worth
Worth v. Astrue
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Roy Worth appeals from the judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s final decision to deny his application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. Worth challenges the ALJ’s findings that (1) his impairments are not equivalent to those in the Listing of Impairments, and (2) he has the residual functional capacity to perform full-time light or sedentary work with certain accommodations. We have jurisdic *644 tion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
First, we conclude that substantial evidence supported the ALJ’s determination at step three that Worth’s impairments were not medically equivalent to the listings in 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 1, and that the factual basis for the ALJ’s determination is clear. See Gonzalez v. Sullivan, 914 F.2d 1197, 1200-01 (9th Cir.1990). The medical record revealed that Worth suffered neither nerve root compression nor symptoms of compression, such as sensory or reflex loss; substantial evidence therefore supported the determination that Worth’s impairments were not equivalent to listing 1.04(A). See 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 1, 1.04(A). The record further…