Sheryl Paige v. Andrew Saul

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiff Sheryl P. (“Plaintiff”) challenges the denial by the Commissioner of 19 Social Security (“Defendant”) of her applications for disability insurance benefits 20 (“DIB”) and supplemental security income (“SSI”). She contends that the 21 Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred when he found that her chronic obstructive 22 pulmonary disease (“COPD”) did not equal a listed impairment and when he 23 discounted her subjective symptom testimony. For the reasons stated below, the 24 decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.

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 May 20, 2016, Plaintiff filed a Title II application for DIB and, on February 21, 2018, she filed a Title XVI application for SSI, alleging that she had been disabled since November 30, 2015, due to asthma, high blood pressure, COPD, “Parkinson’s in neck,” and acid reflux. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 273-74, 279-82, 306.) Her…