Karena De Leon v. Kilolo Kijakazi
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 O 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KARENA D., Case No. 5:20-cv-01065 KES 12 Plaintiff,
13 v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND
ORDER
14 ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16
17 18 I. 19 BACKGROUND 20 In December 2015 at age 34, Karena D. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title I and 21 Title XVI disability benefits alleging an onset date of February 24, 2014, due to 22 rheumatoid arthritis (“RA”), fibromyalgia, anxiety, and depression. Administrative 23 Record (“AR”) 39, 196–208, 228, 232. On October 4, 2018, an Administrative 24 Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who was represented by 25 counsel, appeared and testified along with a vocational expert (“VE”). AR 36–56. 26 On November 29, 2018, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision.1 AR 16–28. 27 1 Plaintiff testified that she was diagnosed with RA at age 28 and it has 28 caused progressively worsening…