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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 14:01:42+00:00

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Plaintiff Brenda Green (“Green”) appeals the Commissioner's decision denying her application for supplemental security income (“SSI”) benefits and disability insurance benefits (“DIB”). (DN 10-2, #47.) For the reasons stated below, the Court AFFIRMS the Commissioner's decision.
1. The claimant meets the insured status requirements of the Social Security Act through June 30, 2013.
2. The claimant has not engaged in substantial gainful activity since October 6, 2012, the alleged onset date (20 CFR 404.1571 et seq., and 416.971 et seq.).
3. The claimant has the following severe impairments: degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease (20 CFR 404.1520(c) and 416.920(c)).
4. The claimant does not have an impairment or combination of impairments that meets or medically equals the severity of one of the listed impairments in 20 CFR Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1(20 CFR 404.1520(d), 404.1525, 404.1526, 416.920(d), 416.925 and 416.926).
5. The claimant has the residual functional capacity to perform light work as defined in 20 CFR 404.1567(b) and 416.967(b) except she is allowed the option to sit or stand at 30 to 60 minutes intervals, taking no more than 1 to 3 minutes to change positions without leaving the workstation. She may not climb ladders, ropes, or scaffolds but she may occasionally stoop, crouch, kneel, crawl, and climb ramps and stairs. She is able to understand, remember, and carry out simple and routine tasks but she should not be in a job that requires stringent production quota or assembly line pacing tasks.
6. The claimant is capable of performing past relevant work as a parking lot attendant. This work does not require the performance of work-related activities precluded by the claimant's residual functional capacity (20 CFR 404.1565 and 416.965).
7. The claimant has not been under a disability, as defined in the Social Security Act, from October 6, 2012, through the date of this decision (20 CFR 404.1520(1) and 416.920(1)).
[An i]nability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.
42 U.S.C. Â§' 423(d)(1)(A) (Title II), 1382c(a)(3)(A) (Title XVI); 20 C.F.R. '' 404.1505(a), 416.905(a); Barnhart v. Walton, 535 U.S. 212, 214 (2002); Abbott v. Sullivan, 905 F.2d 918, 923 (6th Cir. 1990). When a claimant files an application for DIB, the claimant must establish that he or she became "disabled" prior to the date his or her insured status expired. 42 U.S.C. § 423(a), (c); Moon v. Sullivan, 923 F.2d 1175, 1182 (6th Cir. 1990); Higgs v. Bowen, 880 F.2d 860, 862 (6th Cir. 1988) (per curiam).
The Commissioner has promulgated regulations setting forth a five-step sequential evaluation process for evaluating a disability claim. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(1); Sullivan v. Finkelstein, 496 U.S. 617, 620 (1990). Steps two, three, four, and five are at issue here.

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