(SS)Fajardo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 REYNALDO FAJARDO, Case No. 1:19-cv-1167-JDP 9 Plaintiff, ORDER ON SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL 10 v. 11 C ommissioner of Social Security, Defendant. 13 Claimant has requested judicial review of the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of his application for disability insurance benefits. On February 13, 2020, I heard argument from the parties. Having reviewed the record and considered arguments raised by the parties, I will affirm the decision of the administrative law judge (“ALJ”). On appeal, this court asks whether substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s factual findings and whether the ALJ applied the correct legal standards. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The court will uphold the ALJ’s decision if it is rational, even if there is another rational interpretation of the evidence; the court will not substitute its judgment for that of the Commissioner. See Revels v. Berryhill, 874 F.3d 648, 654 (9th Cir. 2017). The ALJ found claimant to have one severe impairment, consisting of the combined effect of…