Key legal question
Whether the insured made a plausible showing of worsened health under Art. 87 RAI for a new disability claim
Extracted holding
The medical reports filed in the administrative proceedings made a worsening of health plausible, but not a deterioration of work capacity sufficient to change the degree of invalidity.
Extracted reasoning
For reopening, the claimant must plausibly show a change affecting entitlement. The submitted reports described worsening symptoms, yet did not address work capacity; the later COMAI report could not be considered because it post-dated the contested decision.