Robert Larry Snook v. Nancy A. Berryhill

BACKGROUND

22 In November 2012, Plaintiff applied for disability insurance benefits, alleging 23 disability beginning March 3, 2009. Plaintiff’s application was denied initially and 24 upon reconsideration. (Administrative Record [“AR”] 82-87, 89-98.) A hearing took 25 26 Plaintiff’s name has been partially redacted in accordance with Federal Ruleof 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. 28 place on November 23, 2015 before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). On December 16, 2015, the ALJ issued a decision finding Plaintiff not disabled. (AR 103-111.) Subsequently, the Appeals Council remanded the case for further proceedingsbased upon new information about Plaintiff’s date last insured. (AR 116- 120.) A second hearing was held before the ALJ on April 24, 2018. Plaintiff and a vocational expert (“VE”) testified at the hearing. (AR 17-40.) In a decision dated August 31, 2018, the ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered from the severe impairments of multi-level mild to moderate degenerative changes in 9 …