The following excerpt is from Mikki v. Berryhill, Case No.: 17-cv-01103-GPC-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2018):
A prior final determination that an individual is not disabled creates a rebuttable presumption that the individual retains the ability to work after the date of the prior administrative decisions. See Schneider v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 223 F.3d 968-973 (9th Cir. 2000). The presumption of continuing non-disability will not apply, however, "if there are 'changed circumstances'." Lester, 81 F.3d at 827 (quoting Taylor v. Heckler, 765 F.2d 872, 875 (9th Cir 1985).
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