Mary S. Gimino v. Kilolo Kijakazi

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff filed an application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits on March 11, 2021, alleging disability beginning on June 28, 2020. See Dkt. 10, Administrative Record (“AR”) 225-26.1 Plaintiff’s claim was denied initially on July 6, 2021, and upon reconsideration on September 15, 2021. See AR 105-08, 118-22. Thereafter, Plaintiff requested and received a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). See AR 48-75. The ALJ

1 Citations to the AR are to the record pagination. All other docket citations are to the CM/ECF pagination. issued an unfavorable decision on May 6, 2022. See AR 8-24. After considering and weighing the evidence, the ALJ applied the five- step sequential evaluation for determining disability. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a). At step one, the ALJ found that Plaintiff had not engaged in substantial gainful activity since her alleged onset date. See AR 13. At step two, the ALJ determined that Plaintiff had the severe impairments of “carpal tunnel syndrome; status post stroke/transient ischemic attack with loss of visual field in the right eye.” AR 14. At step three, the ALJ concluded that Plaintiff did not have an impairment…