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1 4. The claimant does not have an impairment or combination of
impairments that meets or medically equals the severity of one of the
2 listed impairments in 20 CFR Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1.
3 5. The claimant has the residual functional capacity to perform less than
the full range of light work as defined in 20 CFR 404.1567(b) and
4 416.967(b). The claimant can occasionally lift and/or carry twenty
pounds and frequently ten pounds. The claimant can sit, stand and/or
5 walk six hours out of an eight-hour workday. The claimant can
frequently climb ramps/stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.
6 The claimant can occasionally climb ladders, ropes or scaffolds. The
claimant is limited to occasional reaching overhead bilaterally. The
7 claimant must avoid concentrated exposure to the extreme cold,
vibration and hazards. The claimant can carry out short, simple and
8 detailed instructions. The claimant cannot have public contact.
9 6. The claimant has no past relevant work.
7. The claimant was born on XXXXX, 1973 and was 23 years old, which
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is defined as a younger individual age 18-49, on the alleged disability
onset date.4
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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
6 well.’” AR at 366. Dr. Jarvis opined that the plaintiff’s combination of impairments including
7 “low moods and motivation, impatience with others, apparent entitlement issues, and high
8 disability conviction, create severe limitations in his motivation to seek and persist with
9 employment, and in the ability/likelihood that he would relate appropriately to others, or