Parra
Parra v. Berryhill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
1 Ms. Parra seeks disability benefits beginning December 10, 2013. AR 17–18. She applied 2 for benefits on January 22, 2015. AR 185–88. An Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) held a 3 hearing and issued an unfavorable decision on September 29, 2017. AR 15–23. The ALJ found 4 that Ms. Parra had the following severe impairments: obesity, rotator cuff partial tear, and lumbar 5 degenerative disc disease. AR 18. The ALJ concluded that Ms. Parra did not have an impairment 6 or combination of impairments that met or medically equaled one of the listed impairments. Id. 7 The ALJ then determined that Ms. Parra’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”) limited her to light 8 work, except that she could lift and carry 20 pounds occasionally and 10 pounds frequently, that 9 she could sit, stand, and walk for 6 hours each, that she could push and pull as much as she could 10 lift and carry, and that she could frequently reach overhead and in other directions with her right 11 arm. AR 18–20. The ALJ concluded that Ms. Parra was not disabled because she was capable of 12 performing jobs that exist in the national economy, such as a copy machine operator, 13…