Barnhart

Hee Soon Yun v. Barnhart

Good Law
58 F. App'x 299
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 20, 2003No. 01-57040; D.C. No. CV-00-05677-RZCalifornia665 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Hee Soon Yun (“Yun”) appeals the district court’s order affirming the Social Security Administration Commissioner’s decision denying her disability benefits and insurance.

*300 We review de novo a district court’s decision upholding the Commissioner’s denial of benefits. Moore v. Comm’r of the Soc. Sec. Admin., 278 F.3d 920, 924 (9th Cir.2002). We must affirm the Commissioner’s decision if it is supported by substantial evidence and if the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards. Pagter v. Massanari, 250 F.3d 1255, 1258 (9th Cir.2001).

However, “[o]nce the claimant produces medical evidence of an underlying impairment, the [ALJ] may not discredit the claimant’s testimony as to the severity of symptoms merely because they are unsupported by objective medical evidence.” Reddick v. Chater, 157 F.3d 715, 722 (9th Cir.1998) (citing Bunnell v. Sullivan, 947 F.2d 341, 343 (9th Cir.1991) (en banc)); see also Johnson v. Shalala, 60 F.3d 1428, 1433 (9th Cir.1995) (“[0]nce an impairment is medically established, the ALJ cannot require medical support to prove the severity of the pain.”). Rather, the ALJ must “point to specific facts in the record which demonstrate…

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