Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the refusal to take evidence and hear the C. AG staff member violated the claimant's right to be heard.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The refusal again breached the right to be heard because the witness statement was the only incriminating evidence, the record was unclear, and the issue was decisive.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Court held that the earlier remittal had made it clear that the decisive point was the claimant's conduct at the interview. Since the evidentiary situation remained ambiguous and the proposed testimony could not be dispensed with through anticipatory assessment, refusing the witness examination amounted to a serious procedural violation that could not be cured at federal level.