Mitchell W. MACKEY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• noting that the Eighth Circuit, unlike some other circuits, does consider “tardy evidence” in the “substantial evidence equation”
• holding appeals council was not required to conclude the listing was met by a lone IQ score of 65 where that score was inconsistent with the medical evidence before the ALJ
• “Nothing in [claimant’s] prior work history or educational background, and nothing in the medical evidence before the ALJ, supports an I.Q. so low as to reflect mild mental retardation”
• “Nothing in [claimant’s] prior work history or educational background, and nothing in the medical evidence before the ALJ, supports an I.Q. so low as to reflect mild mental retardation”
• other evidence in record can be examined to discredit IQ indicative of mild mental retardation
• standard of review where new evidence was considered by Appeals Council

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