Administrative – Social Security – Attorney’s Fees – New Evidence

South Carolina Lawyers Weekly staff//February 4, 2014//

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Pace v. Colvin (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-025-14, 4 pp.) (Mary G. Lewis, J.) 1:10-cv-03256; D.S.C.

Holding: Assessing the probative value of the competing evidence is quintessentially the role of the fact-finder; therefore, the Social Security Administration’s Appeals Council’s refusal to consider new and material medical records from plaintiff’s treating physician was not substantially justified.