Mejia

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

I.

INTRODUCTION

Editha Mejia (“Plaintiff’) seeks review of the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (the “Commissioner” or the “Agency”) denying her application for social security benefits. The parties consented, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (c), to the jurisdiction of the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge. For the reasons stated below, the *1227 decision of the Commissioner is REVERSED and this case is REMANDED for an award of benefits consistent with this decision.

II.

THE FIVE-STEP SEQUENTIAL EVALUATION PROCESS

To qualify for' disability benefits, a claimant must demonstrate a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that prevents her from engaging in substantial gainful activity and that is expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period: of - at least twelve months. Reddick v. Chater, 157 F.3d 715, 721 (9th Cir. 1998) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(1)(A)). The impairment must render the claimant incapable of performing the work she previously performed and incapable of performing any other substantial gainful employment that exists in the national economy. Tackett v.…