Laura Toriello v. Carolyn Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Laura Toriello appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of Toriello’s application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. The administrative law judge (“ALJ”) determined at step four of the five-step evaluation process that Toriello was not disabled, because her residual functional capacity (“RFC”) did not prevent her from performing her past relevant work. “We review the district court’s order affirming the ALJ’s denial of social security benefits de novo, and reverse only if the ALJ’s decision was not supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole or if the ALJ applied the wrong legal standard.” Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1110 (9th Cir. 2012) (citations omitted).

1. The- ALJ’s determination that Toriello was capable of performing her past relevant work was supported by substantial evidence. The ALJ assessed To-riello’s RFC as allowing her to perform “light work.” Even if we were to conclude that the ALJ’s interpretation of one of the medical records was questionable, the' ALJ’s conclusion that she could perform light work was still adequately supported. See…