Theresa Quintanilla v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff originally filed applications for disability insurance and Supplemental Security Income benefits in 2011, alleging disability beginning September 23, 2011. The ALJ in that case found that Plaintiff had the severe impairments of multiple sclerosis (“MS”) and anxiety. The ALJ concluded, and this Court affirmed, that Plaintiff was not disabled because there was work available in the national and regional economy which she could perform despite her impairments. See Quintanilla v. Colvin, No. 14-8014, 2015 WL 7312224 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 19, 2015). Plaintiff filed a second application for disability insurance benefits on October 15, 2014, alleging disability beginning on May 25, 2013, the day after the original ALJ decision. See Administrative Record (“AR”) 15. After a hearing in February 2017, the ALJ concluded that Plaintiff had the severe impairments of MS, obesity, asthma, and major depressive disorder (“MDD”). See AR 18. The ALJ also concluded that Plaintiff did not have an impairment or combination of impairments that met or medically equaled one of the listed impairments. See id. The ALJ then determined that the Plaintiff’s residual…