(SS) Karl v. Commissioner of Social Security

I. INTRODUCTION

17 Plaintiff Michele Suzanne Karl (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (the “Act”). (Doc. 1.) The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to the Honorable Sheila K. Oberto, United States Magistrate Judge.1 II. BACKGROUND Plaintiff was born on September 25, 1971, completed high school, and previously worked as a real estate broker/manger. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 27, 28, 71, 72, 116, 129, 133, 145, 276, 325, 357, 281, 301.) Plaintiff filed a claim for DIB on August 27, 2019, alleging she became disabled on May 2, 2019, due to right eye blindness, prosthetic ankle, high blood pressure, anxiety depression, 28 and anemia. (AR 15, 116, 133, 134, 276, 280, 325.) A. Relevant Evidence of Record2 1. Medical Evidence In September 2019, Plaintiff presented to an ophthalmologist complaining that a cyst in…