Key legal question
Whether the IV office had to enter into the new application despite the prior final refusal.
Extracted holding
A new examination was not required because no plausible material change in the claimant's health since the last merits decision was shown.
Extracted reasoning
The new psychiatric report mostly described the same personality disorder already known from earlier assessments; the alleged somatoform pain disorder and depression did not establish a relevant deterioration, and the claimant's daily functioning, therapy continuity, and lack of new objective findings weighed against change.