Ahmad v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 28

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER denying 17 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 22 Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. (See order for details). Signed by Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis on 3/15/2019. (aott) Modified on 3/15/2019 (aott,c/m 3/15/2019).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

NOHA H. AHMAD,

Plaintiff,
l:17-cv-I393(IDD)

V.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. Plf.
Mot. for Summ. J., ECF. No. 17 [hereinafter Plf. Summ. J.]; Def. Mot for Summ. J., ECF No. 22
[hereinafter Def. Summ. J.]. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), Noha Hussien Ahmad ("Plaintiff)

seeks judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration ("Defendant") denying her claim for disability insurance benefits ("DIB") under
Title II of the Social Security Act ("the Act"), 42 U.S.C. § 423. For the reasons stated below, the

undersigned finds that Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED and Defendant's
Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.
1.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff filed her application for DIB on June 8, 2013, alleging disability commencing on
September 9, 2010, based on the following severe impairments: pituitary disorder, vertiginous
syndrome,

right

maxillary

sinus

nodules/sinusitis,

total

thyroidectomy

with

hypothyroidism/hypoparathyroidism, vestibular disorder, cholecystectomy, appendectomy,
degenerative disc disease, Heberden nodes of the hands, C7 vertebral body hemangioma.