The following excerpt is from Washington v. Berryhill, Case No. 1:16-cv-1574-GSA (E.D. Cal. 2018):
objective evidence of record which is a permissible basis to find her not credible. AR 18; See 20 C.F.R. 416.929(c)(2) ("Objective medical evidence ... is a useful indicator to assist us in making reasonable conclusions about the intensity and persistence of your symptoms ...."); Rollins v. Massanari, 261 F.3d 853, 857 (9th Cir. 2001) ("While subjective pain testimony cannot be rejected on the sole ground that it is not fully corroborated by objective medical evidence, the medical evidence is still a relevant factor in determining the severity of the claimant's pain and its disabling effects").
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