Key legal question
Was the IV office entitled to refuse to enter into the 2017 new application without further investigations?
Extracted holding
The claimant had at least made a plausible showing of a potentially relevant change through the long period of certified 100% incapacity; the office should first obtain the sickness-benefit insurer's medical file and then decide whether to enter into the application.
Extracted reasoning
Although the submitted control card was poorly substantiated, it contained concrete indications of a possible legally relevant change. Given the more than ten-year gap since the last merits decision, the plausibility threshold could not be set too high. A complete merits review was not yet due, but limited follow-up inquiries were warranted.