Question juridique clé
Whether the insured had a right under invalidity insurance to reimbursement of the costs of the leg orthoses.
Solution extraite
No. The orthoses did not enable self-care, independent mobility, or contact with the environment in the legal sense, so the statutory necessity requirement was not met.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 21(2) IVG and Art. 2 HVI, a costly aid is covered only if it is necessary to achieve one of the protected purposes and the insured person can use it to reach that purpose. The binding factual findings showed that this was not the case here.