Smbat Voskanyan v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SMBAT VOSKANYAN, No. 2:24-cv-01543-SCR Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying his application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under Title II and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 401-34; § 1381-1383f. For the reasons that follow, the Court will GRANT Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and DENY the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The matter will be reversed and remanded to the Commissioner for further proceedings. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff applied for DIB and SSI in 2021. Administrative Record (“AR”) 227-240. In both applications, Plaintiff alleged a disability onset date of January 1, 2011. AR 227, 229. The

The AR is…