The following excerpt is from Valenzuela v. Berryhill, Case No.: 16-CV-2424 W (JMA) (S.D. Cal. 2018):
(2)(A). An applicant must meet both requirements to be "disabled." Id. Further, the applicant bears the burden of proving he or she was either permanently disabled or subject to a condition which became so severe as to disable the applicant prior to the date upon which his or her disability insured status expired. Johnson v. Shalala, 60 F.3d 1428, 1432 (9th Cir. 1995).
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