Key legal question
Whether the insured person met the conditions for an AI-funded hearing aid despite a 22-point pre-fitting assessment and special professional needs.
Extracted holding
He did not meet the threshold for level 1 indication; the administrative directives applied by the AI office were consistent with the law and no exceptional departure was justified.
Extracted reasoning
The minimum point threshold and related CMAI rules are administrative directives that bind the administration and may be disregarded only if inconsistent with substantive law. The court found them lawful and saw no sufficiently specific professional need to justify an exception.