Key legal question
Whether alcoholism alone established invalidity and entitlement to disability insurance benefits
Extracted holding
No. Alcohol dependence alone did not amount to invalidity because no disabling psychiatric or somatic disorder with Krankheitswert was shown.
Extracted reasoning
The expert diagnosed only alcohol dependence; any depressive symptoms were not currently fulfilled as an ICD-10 diagnosis, and the court found no other invalidating mental or physical impairment. Alcoholism is legally relevant only if it causes or results from such a disorder.