Question juridique clé
Whether the new application showed a credible change in health status requiring the IV office to enter into the merits
Solution extraite
The submitted medical records did not credibly show a relevant worsening of the insured person’s condition since the last final material assessment in 2010.
Motifs extraits
The psychiatric diagnoses and limitations were largely already known in 2010; the treating psychiatrist’s later assessment mainly reflected a different evaluation of an essentially unchanged condition. Somatic reports likewise did not show a new, relevant long-term deterioration. The work-capacity profile from the general internist was broadly consistent with the prior expert assessment.