Daniel Gutierrez v. Kilolo Kilakazi

I.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff was found disabled beginning on March 21, 2010. See Administrative Record (“AR”) 159. The Social Security Administration

1 The Court partially redacts Plaintiff’s name in compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c)(2)(B) and the recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. reviewed whether Plaintiff continued to be disabled and determined that, as of August 2014, Plaintiff was no longer disabled. See AR 170. Plaintiff sought review of this decision from an ALJ. After a hearing in February 2018, the ALJ concluded that Plaintiff had the severe impairments of major depressive disorder without psychotic features; bipolar disorder; and unspecified anxiety disorder. See AR 12. The ALJ concluded Plaintiff had shown medical improvement as of August 1, 2014. See AR 14. 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 AR 12-14. The ALJ then determined that the Plaintiff’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”) required no exertional limitations but Plaintiff was…