Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court had to order an independent medical expertise because the SMR report was allegedly doubtful and article 6 ECHR/Art. 45 LPGA were violated.
Extracted holding
No; the SMR report was sufficiently probative, and the contrary reports did not create even slight doubts requiring an independent expertise.
Extracted reasoning
The SMR report was thorough, reasoned and based on complete examinations. The treating psychiatrists' reports were brief and insufficiently substantiated, and the orthopedic report addressed only work capacity in the former occupation. Anticipatory assessment of evidence justified отказ of further evidence.