Guerra v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[I]f new and material evidence is submitted, the Appeals Council shall consider the additional evidence only where it relates to the period on or before the date of the administrative law judge hearing decision.”); see also Guerra v. Colvin, 618 Fed.Appx. 23 (2d Cir. 2015) (summary order); Pollard v. Halter, 377 F.3d 183, 193 (2d Cir. 2004) (finding that newly submitted evidence must be”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Laferrera ex rel. M.J.S. v. Commissioner of Social Security

2. “Most of the new medical records that Guerra submitted document her symptoms after August 14, 2012, the ALJ decision date; they do not undermine the ALJ's evaluation of Guerra's condition during the relevant period.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rivera v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

3. “were not 'new' at all - they were already included in the record, and the ALJ considered them”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rivera v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.