ORDER AFFIRMING THE COMMISSIONER

BETH DEERE, Magistrate Judge.

Kimberly Renee Honeycutt seeks judicial review of the denial of her third application1 for disability insurance benefits. She first alleged disability beginning September 9, 20052 — at age 27 — but she worked full-time in February 2008.3 Her attorney amended that date to February 1, 2008.4 At that time, Ms. Honeycutt was 29.

Ms. Honeycutt has a bachelor's degree in social work and a master's degree in early childhood services.5 She works part-time as an implementer assisting adults with developmental disabilities.6 She maintains that she cannot work full-time due idopathic neuropathy, lower back pain, neck pain, depression, and discoid lupus.7

The Commissioner's decision. After considering Ms. Honeycutt's application, the Commissioner's ALJ determined Ms. Honeycutt had severe impairments — neuropathy, neck/back pain, headaches, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and mood disorder8 — but she had the residual functional capacity ("RFC") to do a reduced range of light work.9 Because a vocational expert identified jobs a person with Ms. Honeycutt's RFC could do,10 the ALJ concluded that Ms. Honeycutt was not disabled under the Social Security Act and denied the application.11

After the Commissioner's Appeals Council denied a request for review,12 the ALJ's decision became a final decision for judicial review.13 Ms. Honeycutt filed this case to challenge the decision. In reviewing the decision, the court must determine whether substantial evidence supports the decision and whether the ALJ made a legal error.14

Severe impairments. Ms. Honeycutt maintains that the ALJ should have considered pain disorder and discoid lupus as severe impairments.15 At step two of the disability-determination process, the ALJ considers the medical severity of the claimant's impairments.16 Step two directs a conclusion of "non-disabled" if the claimant fails to prove a severe impairment. One purpose of step two is to weed out claimants whose abilities to work are not significantly limited.17 If the claimant meets her step-two burden, there can be no reversible error if the record shows that the ALJ considered all of the medical evidence and all of the claimant's impairments. Ms. Honeycutt met her burden to show a severe impairment, so her application proceeded to step three. The record shows the ALJ considered all of the medical evidence and all of Ms. Honeycutt's impairments. The ALJ identified symptoms of pain disorder — neuropathy, neck pain, back pain, and deression — as severe impairments,18 and discussed the medical evidence about discoid lupus and pain disorder.19 Ms. Honeycutt showed no error.

Credibility. Ms. Honeycutt also complains about the evaluation of her credibility. She alleged that disabling pain prevented her from working. She maintains the psychological examiner's diagnosis of pain disorder associated with psychological factors20 supports her allegation.21

An ALJ has a duty to evaluate the claimant's credibility.22 To evaluate Ms. Honeycutt's credibility, the ALJ followed the required two-step process23 and considered the required factors.24 Thus, the question before the court is whether substantial evidence supported the ALJ's credibility evaluation.

"The ALJ may discount complaints of pain if they are inconsistent with the evidence as a whole."25 Here the ALJ determined the medical findings were inconsistent with disabling pain.26 Substantial evidence supports that determination because treating physicians identified no cause for disabling pain. For example, the neurologist's examination findings were normal, except for nerve conduction studies showing pyriformis syndrome.27 Pyriformis syndrome provided a cause for pain in the upper back and buttock,28 but the neurologist determined that Ms. Honeycutt's pain did not warrant medication.29

As another example, the first pain specialist examined Ms. Honeycutt twice and found nothing to explain her complaints.30 The first pain specialist offered no treatment for the "multiplicity of symptoms."31 The second pain specialist had similar findings, reporting that he could not "correlate subjective and objective findings."32 The second pain specialist administered a pain block for pyriformis syndrome.33

These medical findings are consistent with the psychological examiner's diagnosis because "in pain disorder, the severity or duration of pain or the degree of associated disability is unexplained by observed medical or psychological problems."34 Despite the diagnosis, the psychological examiner's opinion was consistent with the ability to work.35 Ms. Honeycutt's allegation of disabling pain was inconsistent with the record as a whole. The ALJ had a sufficient basis for discounting the allegation of disabling pain.

RFC. Ms. Honeycutt contends she cannot do light work on a full-time basis because she cannot stand or walk for sufficient time. She also maintains that pain prevents her from doing light work.36

After evaluating the claimant's credibility, the ALJ must determine the claimant's RFC; but the claimant bears the burden of demonstrating RFC and proving disability.37 "Because a claimant's RFC is a medical question, an ALJ's assessment of it must be supported by some medical evidence of the claimant's ability to function in the workplace."38 After determining RFC, the ALJ may question a vocational expert "to assess whether jobs exist for a person with the claimant's precise disabilities."39

The ALJ placed great weight on Ms. Honeycutt's treatment records in determining RFC. The treatment records provided no basis for disabling pain. Radiologic imaging was normal.40 Neurological and musculoskeletal examinations were normal.41 Laboratory results were negative.42 This evidence supported light work.

Medical evidence of neuropathy supported the restriction on climbing, balancing, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crawling because neuropathy can cause pain.43 Ms. Honeycutt's doctors prescribed little pain medication. Evidence of depression supported the limitation on interpersonal contact, complexity of tasks, and use of judgment because depression can make it harder to work.44

Discoid lupus provided no basis for further reducing the range of work. Although the characteristic skin "lesions may be cosmetically unsightly, they are not life threatening and usually do not cause a patient to change . . . her lifestyle."45 Ms. Honeycutt's discoid lupus improved with treatment.46 Pain disorder provided no basis for further reduction because the psychological examiner's findings were consistent with the ability to work. No medical evidence showed Ms. Honeycutt was limited in standing or walking. "Her neuromuscular examination was essentially normal. Reflexes were good. She was able to walk on toe and heel."47

After determining RFC, the ALJ questioned a vocational expert about available work.48 The question was properly phrased because it captured the concrete consequences of Ms. Honeycutt's deficiencies.49 The vocational expert responded to the ALJ and identified general office worker as representative available work.50 A vocational expert's testimony answering a properly phrased hypothetical question constitutes substantial evidence; thus, the determination of residual functional capacity is supported by substantial evidence.51

Conclusion. Substantial evidence supports the ALJ's decision denying Ms. Honeycutt's application. The ALJ made no legal error. For these reasons, the court DENIES the request for relief (docket entry # 2) and AFFIRMS the decision denying the application.

It is so ordered.