Barbara Lynn West v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BARBARA LYNN WEST, : Civil No. 3:23-CV-838 : Plaintiff, : : v. : (Magistrate Judge Carlson) : FRANK BISIGNANO, : Commissioner of Social Security1 : : Defendant. : MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction For claimants seeking disability insurance benefits pursuant to Title II of the Social Security Act, two benchmarks define the temporal scope of their claim. The first of these critical dates is the alleged date of onset of disability, which defines when a claimant asserts that disability began. The relevant period for a…