8. The claimant has at least a high school education and is able to
12 communicate in English.
13 9. Transferability of job skills is not an issue because the claimant does
not have past relevant work.
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10. Considering the claimant’s age, education, work experience, and
15 residual functional capacity, there are jobs that exist in significant
numbers in the national economy that the claimant can perform.
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11. The claimant has not been under a disability, as defined in the Social
17 Security Act, from January 1, 1997, through the date of this decision.
Dr. Jarvis diagnosed plaintiff with anxiety disorder NOS with social and obsessive factors,
15 depression NOS, personality disorder with narcissistic traits, and assigned a GAF score of 50.5
16 AR at 366. Dr. Jarvis noted that plaintiff’s hygiene was within normal limits, he walked with a
17 normal gait, and sat comfortably during the assessment without pain behavior. AR at 365. His
18 mood was normal, he made good eye contact, and was cooperative. AR at 365.
Plaintiff recalled current information, including names and places.
3 AR at 366. However, Dr. Jarvis also noted that plaintiff “seemed unusually pleased and happy
4 to be talking about himself in the interview and seems to have a narcissistic personality style,
5 but without the feature of exploititiveness (sic). He notes that he ‘does not fit into society very
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