Cha Yang v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

MEMORANDUM **

Cha Yang appeals the district court’s affirmance of the denial of his application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

1. Res Judicata.

The administrative law judge (ALJ) failed to cite Yang’s changed circumstances and thus misapplied the res judicata principles set forth in Chavez v. Bowen, 844 F.2d 691, 698 (9th Cir.1988). In formulating Yang’s residual functional capacity (RFC), however, the ALJ in fact weighed Yang’s medical evidence. Any…