Chavez

MEMORANDUM **

Rudolph A. Chavez appeals the district court’s order upholding the denial of his application for disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income. Chavez suffers from a post fracture of the right tibia and fibula, malunion of the tibia, arthritis, hepatitis C, diabetes, and a depressive disorder. The Social Security Administration Appeals Council adopted the administrafive law judge’s (“ALJ”) decision as the final decision of the Commissioner. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

Chavez claims the ALJ committed legal error by miseharacterizing his examining physician’s opinion and ignoring agency definitions. But the ALJ’s opinion demonstrates that she adequately considered and interpreted the examining physician’s conclusions and findings. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404 .1520a, 404.1545, 416.920a, 416.945; see also Howard ex rel Wolff v. Barnhart, 341 F.3d 1006, 1012 (9th Cir.2003) (“[T]he ALJ must ... interpret the medical evidence.”). The ALJ was not required to treat descriptive terms used in the examining physician’s forms, such as “fair,” as if they were agency definitions. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404 .1520a(e)(4), 416.920a(c)(4) (listing…