Nelda A. PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

In Parker v. Bowen, 788 F.2d 1512 (11th Cir.1986), the en banc court vacated the panel opinion in Parker v. Heckler, 763 F.2d 1363 (11th Cir.1985), and remanded the case to the panel for further proceedings. The en banc court held that the proper scope of judicial review in Social Security cases focuses on the substantiality of the evidence supporting the Appeals Council’s decision, even when the Appeals Council has rejected the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (“AU”). 788 F.2d at 1516-20. The court also held that if the Appeals Council rejects the AU’s credibility findings, the…