Cssa

MEMORANDUM

Jennifer Teran (“Teran”) appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the administrative law judge’s (“ALJ”) denial of her Social Security disability claim. We reverse and remand.

The ALJ concluded that Teran suffered from a number of severe impairments, including fibromyalgia. Nonetheless, he found Teran’s testimony regarding her pain and symptoms not fully credible and rejected the opinion of Dr. Watrous, Ter-an’s treating rheumatologist who diagnosed her fibromyalgia. The ALJ then conducted a residual functional capacity assessment and concluded that Teran was capable of “the full range of unskilled sedentary work,” despite her limitations.

The ALJ failed to give clear and convincing reasons for his adverse credibility finding. See Lingenfelter v. Astrue, 504 F.3d 1028, 1036 (9th Cir.2007). Each of the proffered reasons is flawed, but the ALJ’s emphasis on purported inconsistencies in Teran’s description of her daily activities is especially troubling. Contrary to the ALJ’s determination, Teran’s testimony that she can walk for only five minutes before her back begins to hurt does not conflict with her statements that she goes grocery shopping with her husband…