Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the IV office violated the insured person's right to be heard and procedural participation rights by commissioning the expert report without prior notice of the experts and without allowing comments/questions.
Decisione estratta
Yes. The insured person had to be informed in advance of the experts and given the opportunity to challenge them, submit counterproposals, ask supplementary questions, and comment on the report before the decision.
Motivazione estratta
The report was treated as a new expert mandate, not a mere clarification. The insured person was not informed in time and only learned of the report after the contested decision. This breached Art. 44 ATSG and the constitutional right to be heard.