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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 18:55:27+00:00

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Plaintiff seeks judicial review of the Social Security Administration's denial of an application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) filed on behalf of K.A.W., a minor. Tr. 162-71.
A three-step sequential process is used to determine whether a child is disabled. Parks ex rel. D.P. v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 783 F.3d 847, 850 (11th Cir. 2005); see 20 C.F.R. § 416.924. At the first step, the Commissioner must determine whether the claimant is engaging in substantial gainful activity; if so, the claim is denied. Id. § 416.924(b). At the second step, the Commissioner must determine whether the claimant has a severe impairment or combination of impairments; if the claimant does not have any severe impairments, the claim is denied. Id. § 416.924(c). At the third and final step, the Commissioner must determine whether the child's impairments meet or equal a “listed” impairment. Id. § 416.924(d). If the claimant does not have an impairment that meets, medically equals, or functionally equals the Listings, he will be found not disabled. Id. § 416.924(d)(2). The burden of proving disability lies with the claimant. Moore v. Barnhart, 405 F.3d 1208, 1211 (11th Cir. 2005).
K.A.W., who alleges disability since October 30, 2005, was 10 years old when the ALJ denied SSI benefits in a written decision. Tr. 22; 162-71 (protective filing for SSI benefits on October 4, 2013). The ALJ found that K.A.W.'s asthma with allergic rhinitis and Erb's Palsy with right-sided brachial plexopathy constituted severe impairments but did not meet or functionally equal a Listing. Tr. 22-31. Hence, the ALJ found, she is not disabled. Tr. 31. Plaintiff contends the ALJ erred by finding K.A.W.'s asthma did not meet or equal Listing 103.03B (asthma) and by failing to order a consultative examination. Doc. 11.
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