Barroza

MEMORANDUM **

Steven Barroza petitions this court for review of the Benefits Review Board’s order affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s denial of medical benefits. We affirm.

‘We review the Board’s decisions for errors of law and adherence to the substantial evidence standard.” Sproull v. Dir., Office of Workers’ Comp. Programs, 86 F.3d 895, 898 (9th Cir.1996). “The Board must accept the ALJ’s findings of fact unless they are contrary to law, irrational or unsupported by substantial evidence in the record considered as a whole.” Id. “Like the Board, this court cannot substitute its views for the ALJ’s views or engage in de novo review of the *584 evidence.” Container Stevedoring Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers Comp. Programs, 935 F.2d 1544, 1546 (9th Cir.1991). “When substantial evidence supports ... a finding of fact and especially when the credibility of witnesses is involved, we will not disturb that finding on review.” Goldsmith v. Dir., Office of Workers Comp. Programs, 838 F.2d 1079, 1081 (9th Cir.1988).

Barroza first challenges the ALJ’s finding that he “fail[ed] to establish the presence of a cervical disc abnormality.” Both Barroza and Defendants presented…