What is the burden of proving disability for the purposes of social security benefits?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Manning v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., No. 2:16-CV-1458-DMC (E.D. Cal. 2018):

Social security claimants have the initial burden of proving disability. Bowen v. Yuckert,482 U.S. 137, 146 n. 5 (1987). However, "once a claimant has been found to be

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