(SS) Milsap v. Commissioner of Social Security

I. INTRODUCTION

14 Plaintiff Elizabeth Irene Millsap (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (the “Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 1383(c). (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 protectively filed her SSI application on April 4, 2019, alleging disability beginning January 24, 2019, due to diabetes, neuropathy, degenerative disk disease, obesity, hypertension, anxiety, diverticulitis, Crohn’s disease, osteoarthritis in hands, numbness in hands, frozen left shoulder, torn ligament in right shoulder, arthritis in neck and spine, diabetic gastroparesis, vision problems, defects in L4, L5, and S1 vertebrae, sciatica on right side, severe insomnia, and hepatitis C. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 19, 145–46,…