Shrack v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

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• stating that when the Appeals Council “fails to [consider new and material evidence], the proper course for the reviewing court is to remand the case for reconsideration in light of the new evidence”
• ordering that to “the extent that the findings and conclusions discussed in [the treating physician's post decision] letter can be attributed to his observations during the time period at issue, that letter is new and material evidence and should be addressed on remand”
• “[T]he treating physician rule applies to the Appeal's [sic] Council when the new evidence at issue reflects the findings and opinions of a treating physician.”
• “[T]he treating physician rule applies to the Appeal's [sic] Council when the new evidence at issue reflects the findings and opinions of a treating physician.”
• “The SSA thus need not consider evidence related to plaintiff’s condition after the date of the ALJ’s decision... .”
• “[T]he treating physician rule applies to the Appeal's [sic] Council when the new evidence at issue reflects the findings and opinions of a treating physician.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).