Frederick Cottrell v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FREDERICK C., Case No. 8:20-cv-00018-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In February 2017, Plaintiff Frederick C. (“Plaintiff”) applied for social security disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) alleging an onset date of March 15, 2009, with a last date insured (“LDI”) of December 31, 2014. Administrative Record (“AR”) 15, 17, 120-21. On January 16, 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 24-46. On February 15, 2019, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 15-20. At step two of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered from one medically determinable impairment (“MDI”): “right shoulder tendon injury with atrophy.” AR 17.…