Key legal question
Whether the claimant is entitled to retraining under disability insurance law.
Extracted holding
The prior refusal cannot stand because the claimant's work capacity in his former job was assessed incorrectly and the income comparison was based on an incorrect occupational level; further factual findings are required.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court held that the claimant can no longer reasonably perform his former heating-installer job, that the disability income must be based on LSE level 4 rather than level 3, and that a final assessment of the retraining prerequisites requires additional investigation into the stability and duration of the later employment.