(SS) Leanos v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 CYNTHIA LEANOS, Case No. 1:18-CV-01467-JDP 9 Plaintiff, ORDER ON SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL 10 v. 11 C SEO CM UM RI IS TS YI ,O NER OF SOCIAL

Defendant.

14 Claimant Cynthia Leanos seeks judicial review of a denial by the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) of her application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. ECF No. 12. She alleges that: (1) the SSA Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in his initial, threshold assessment of the severity of claimant’s carpal tunnel syndrome; (2) the SSA erred by failing to weigh a medical opinion submitted to the Appeals Council (“AC”); and (3) the ALJ erred by failing to consider properly the opinion of a consultative physician, Dr. Cohn. We heard argument from the parties on October 10, 2019. Having reviewed the record, administrative transcript, briefs of the parties, and applicable law, and having considered arguments raised at the hearing, we will remand this matter for further consideration by the ALJ. Claimant argues…