Cantrell Ex Rel. Cantrell v. Berryhill

Robert G. Cantrell, on behalf of his deceased daughter Scharlie Cantrell, appeals the district court’s 1 order upholding the denial of disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. Having jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), this court affirms.

Cantrell raises specific challenges to an administrative law judge’s (ALJ’s) residual functional capacity (RFC) determination. He asserts that the ALJ erred by not adopting the RFC opinion of a treating psychologist, and objects to the ALJ’s reliance on a vocational expert’s testimony in response to a. hypothetical containing the…