Segura v. Barnhart

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT February 17, 2004 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 03-30771 Summary Calendar LAURENT SEGURA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee. -------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 02-CV-1018 -------------------- Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Laurent Segura appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of disability benefits. He argues that his limited vision in his left eye constitutes a non-exertional impairment that significantly affects his residual functional capacity and as such the Administrative Law Judge erred in relying exclusively upon the Guidelines. He also argues that the ALJ relied on a hypothetical question posed to a * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. No. 03-30771 -2- vocational expert which did not incorporate all of his disabilities. Segura failed to raise the argument that his limited vision is a non-exertional impairment that significantly affects his residual functional capacity in the district court and it is waived. See Chaparro v. Bowen, 815 F.2d 1008, 1011 (5th Cir. 1987). There is no reversible error because the ALJ’s hypothetical question incorporated the limitations that he recognized. See Bowling v. Shalala, 36 F.3d 431, 436 (5th Cir. 1994). AFFIRMED.