ORDER

JAMES M. MOODY, JR., District Judge.

The Court has received a Recommended Disposition ("RD") filed by Magistrate Judge Beth Deere recommending that the decision of the administrative law judge ("ALJ") be affirmed. Mr. Lakey filed objections, consistent with his brief (Doc. 12), arguing that the ALJ's decision should contain specific reasons why he rejected the opinion of the Veteran's Administration ("VA") that Mr. Lakey was 90% unemployable. Specifically, Mr. Lakey asked the Court to answer whether Morrison v. Apfel, 146 F.3d 625 (8th Cir. 1998) or Pelkey v. Barnhart, 433 F.3d 575 (8th Cir. 2006) is controlling in this case.

The Court agrees with Magistrate Judge Deere that the ALJ satisfied his burden of considering the VA's disability rating based on the evidence before him at the hearing. Following the hearing and the ALJ's adverse determination, Mr. Lackey submitted a July 6, 2016 letter from the VA to Mr. Lakey that described the evidence the VA considered in giving the 90% rating and the reasons for its decision; the Social Security Appeals Council declined to consider this additional submission as it found that it did not show a reasonable probability that it would change the outcome of the decision. (Doc. No. 8-2, pp. 2-13).

The ALJ carefully considered all the evidence before him, which included all the VA medical records as well as the fact of the 90% VA unemployability rating and applied that evidence to the issue before him— whether the claimant was disabled under §§ 216(i) and 223(d) of the Social Security Act. The evidence before him did not include the reasons behind the rating. The ALJ did not address the VA's determination in his written decision as the Court held was required in Morrison, but he was aware of the 90% unemployment rating and did consider and thoroughly discuss all of the VA records that were before him which this Court finds sufficient to satisfy the holding in Pelkey.

Ultimately, there is substantial evidence to support the Commissioner's decision that Mr. Lakey was not disabled under the Social Security Act. Therefore, after a de novo review of the record and careful consideration, the Court concludes that the Recommended Disposition should be, and hereby is, approved and adopted in its entirety as this Court's findings in all respects.

Judgment will be entered accordingly.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT the Commissioner's decision is AFFIRMED, and Plaintiff Ronnie Wayne Lakey's Complaint (Doc. No. 2) is DISMISSED with prejudice.