Khatchik Hairabedian v. Andrew M. Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KHATCHIK H., Case No. 2:19-cv-04843- KES Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

ORDER

ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security,' Defendant. 17 I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff Khatchik H. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II Social Security disability insurance benefits on July 28, 2015, alleging a disability onset date of December 31, 2011, with a date last insured (“LDI’) of December 31, 2016.” Administrative Record (“AR”) 22, 174-75. On September 26, 2017, and March 9, 24 ' Andrew Saul is now the Commissioner of Social Security and is automatically substituted as a party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). Despite an alleged onset date of 2011, Plaintiff’s earliest medical records date from July 2013 (see AR 239). AR 44 (discussing lack of earlier records).

2018, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted hearings…