Gamal Omar Abdelrahman v. Andrew Saul

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GAMAL OMAR A., Case No. 8:19-cv-02301-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In March 2017, Plaintiff Gamal Omar A. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II social security disability benefits alleging an onset date of April 19, 2015. Administrative Record (“AR”) 22, 180-86, 206. On February 19, 2019, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who was represented by counsel, testified along with a vocational expert (“VE”). AR 33-58. On April 3, 2019, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 12-32. The ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered from the severe impairments of “interstitial lung disease and left shoulder rotator cuff tear, status post repair.” AR 18. He suffered from non-severe impairments…