Cssa
Franklin Lee v. Cssa
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
. Franklin Lee appeals the decision of the district court affirming the final determination of the Social Security Commissioner denying his claim for disability benefits and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. Because we find that the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) decision was not based on legal error and was supported by substantial evidence, Bray v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 554 F.3d 1219, 1222 (9th Cir.2009), we affirm.
Lee argues that “the ALJ failed to give clear and convincing reasons for rejecting [his] testimony.” Where, as here, objective medical evidence establishes that the claimant suffers from an impairment that could reasonably produce the complained of symptoms, “an adverse credibility finding must be based on clear and convincing reasons.” Carmickle v. Comm’r, Soc. Sec. Admin., 533 F.3d 1155, 1160 (9th Cir.2008) (internal quotation marks omitted). In making the credibility determination, an ALJ may consider the course of treatment to determine whether allegations of a disability are credible, see Fair v. Bowen, 885 F.2d 597, 603 (9th Cir.1989) (finding that an “unexplained, or inadequately explained,…