Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the insured credibly showed a legally relevant worsening since the 2014 decision so that the IV office had to enter the new application.
Decisione estratta
No. The filed medical records did not make a material worsening of health sufficiently credible at the relevant comparison date.
Motivazione estratta
The court compared the 2016 records with the medical situation underlying the 2014 decision and held that the new diagnosis of fibromyalgia and the MRI findings were not sufficiently explained or shown to be of claim-relevant severity. Later reports could not be considered because they post-dated the non-entry decision. The prior decision was not shown to have been insufficiently grounded.