Azad Sadeeq v. Carolyn Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Azad Mohammed Sadeeq appeals the district court’s summary judgment order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of his application for supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Sadeeq contends that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) erred by finding at step two of the sequential evaluation process that his gout was not a severe impairment. The ALJ reasonably inferred that because Sadeeq previously was able to continue working despite experiencing gout symptoms and there was no evidence that his condition worsened after his disability onset date, his gout did not constitute a severe medically determinable impairment that would prevent performance of his job. See Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1111 (9th Cir.2012) (“Even when the evidence is susceptible to more than one rational interpretation, we must uphold the ALJ’s findings if they are supported by inferences reasonably drawn from the record.”).

Sadeeq next contends that the ALJ erred by discounting his testimony and the written testimony of his wife regarding the debilitating effect of his heart condition…