Munguia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

S.M., Case No. 24-cv-06297-NC Plaintiff,

ORDER REVERSING

v. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE

AND REMANDING FOR FURTHER

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL PROCEEDINGS

SECURITY,

Re: ECF 15, 21, 22 Defendant. 15 Claimant S.M. appeals from an Administrative Law Judge’s denial of disability benefits for the period beginning September 7, 2018. S.M. argues the ALJ erred by failing to find her small fiber neuropathy (SFN) and migraine headaches severe, improperly rejecting S.M.’s testimony, and improperly weighing medical opinions and evaluating medical evidence. The Court agrees that the ALJ erred in weighing medical opinions and evaluating medical evidence, including by failing to address certain medical opinions entirely. The ALJ also erred by failing to consider S.M.’s SFN, particularly at step three of the five-step sequential process. Because these were not harmless and the matter would benefit from corrected…