Questão jurídica principal
Whether the claimant made a credible showing of a relevant change in circumstances after the 2013 final decision so that the IV office had to examine the new application for vocational measures.
Decisão extraída
No. The new medical material showed a renewed depressive episode, but not a materially changed or lasting deterioration compared with the situation underlying the 2013 decision.
Fundamentação extraída
The court compared the 2017 application with the last substantive decision of 25 September 2013. The earlier file already documented a depressive episode and successful reintegration. The 2017 report described a phasic recurrence with largely remitted symptoms by discharge and did not establish a longer-term work incapacity or a new quantitatively relevant worsening.