Corey Austin Wood v. Andrew Saul

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiff Corey W. (“Plaintiff”) challenges the denial by the Commissioner of 19 Social Security (“Defendant”) of her application for supplemental security income 20 (“SSI”). She contends that the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred when he 21 determined that her anxiety disorder would impose essentially no functional 22 limitations on her ability to work and when he rejected her subjective symptom 23 testimony. For the reasons stated below, the decision of the Commissioner is 24 REVERSED, and the matter is REMANDED. 25 \\ 26 1 Partially redacted 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. II. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS On November 9, 2015, Plaintiff constructively filed a Title XVI application for SSI, alleging that she had been disabled since January 1, 1998. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 135-43.) Her application was denied initially and upon reconsideration, and she requested and was granted a hearing before an ALJ. (AR 45-69,…