Key legal question
Whether the insured person's remaining work capacity was sufficiently established and whether the IV office could rely on the BEFAS assessment.
Extracted holding
The court held that the lower court correctly accepted the BEFAS findings; the evidentiary record was sufficient and did not require additional neurological, psychiatric, or polydisciplinary expert opinions.
Extracted reasoning
The medical and occupational assessments were made with full knowledge of the file and were consistent with each other. Later MRI findings and the insured's own complaints did not undermine the earlier expert opinion. The claimant's criticisms did not show a deficient investigation under Art. 43 ATSG.