(SS) Carroll v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SUSAN CARROLL, No. 1:23-cv-00158 TLN CKD Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying an application for Disability Income Benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”). For the reasons discussed below, the court will recommend that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be granted and the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be denied. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1960, applied on August 20, 2020 for DIB, alleging disability beginning April 13, 2018. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 58. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to anxiety, social anxiety, depression, dizziness, back pain, prolapsed bladder, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a thyroid condition. AT 59. In a decision dated…