Key legal question
Whether the costs for wheelchairs and car adaptation were validly reduced because the IV claim was filed late.
Extracted holding
The reduction was unlawful because the relevant disability became objectively knowable only in May 2009, and the claim filed on 19 June 2009 was timely within twelve months.
Extracted reasoning
For assistive devices, decisive is the loss of mobility, environmental contact, or self-care, not earning capacity. The limitation period under former Art. 48(2) IVG starts only when the disability causing the entitlement is objectively ascertainable. Until May 2009 the condition could still be viewed as temporary and improvable.