Ted Martin v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services

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• holding so long as the ALJ’s findings are supported by substantial evidence, they are conclusive and the reviewing court must defer to the ALJ’s decision even if the evidence may preponderate against it
• finding substantial evidence is “more than a scintilla, but less than a preponderance”
• “Even if the evidence preponderates against the Secretary’s factual findings, we must affirm if the decision reached is supported by substantial evidence.”
• “Commissioner’s failure to apply the correct law or to provide the reviewing court with sufficient reasoning for determining that the proper legal analysis has been conducted mandates reversal”
• “Even if the evidence preponderates against the Secretary’s factual findings, we must affirm if the decision reached is supported by substantial evidence.”
• “Even if the evidence preponderates against the Secretary’s factual findings, we must affirm if the decision reached is supported by substantial evidence.”

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