Burrow

MEMORANDUM **

Julia Burrow appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Social Security *615 Commissioner’s denial of her application for disability benefits and supplemental social security income. Burrow contends that the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in finding that her mental impairments were not severe for at least 12 months at step two of the five-step sequential analysis for social security claims, and for finding her capable of performing past relevant work at step four. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520 (a)(4). Reviewing the ALJ’s decision for substantial evidence and for legal error, see Burch v. Barnhart, 400 F.3d 676, 679 (9th Cir.2005), we reverse and remand.

The ALJ erred as a matter of law in considering Burrow’s physical and mental impairments separately at step two. See 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(2)(B) (requiring consideration of the “combined effect of all of the individual’s impairments without regard to whether any such impairment, if considered separately, would be of [sufficient] severity” (emphasis added)); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1523 (“If we do find a medically severe combination of impairments, the combined impact of the impairments will be considered…