# I 2023 79 · Accident Insurance Benefits Appeal Regarding Causal Link to Disability

**Geschäftsnummer:** I 2023 79
**Citation:** VG SZ I 2023 79
**Gericht / Behörde:** Verwaltungsgericht (1. Kammer)
**Entscheiddatum:** 2024-07-08
**Canonical Legislator URL:** https://legislator.ch/de/case/ch/sz/I%202023%2079/accident-insurance-benefits-appeal-regarding-causal-link-to-disability
**Official Source URL:** https://gerichte.sz.ch/vg/tribunavtplus/loadTable
**Entscheidsuche Mirror:** https://entscheidsuche.ch/docs/SZ_Verwaltungsgericht/SZ_VG_003_I-2023-79_2024-07-08.pdf

## Zusammenfassung (Sachverhalt & Erwägungen)

An individual appealed a decision concerning accident insurance benefits, where the core dispute involved the causal link between an alleged work accident and the resulting disability claim. The court reasoned that for a claim to be granted under accident insurance, the alleged harmful event must have demonstrably caused the asserted health impairment, and since the medical evidence failed to establish a necessary or even likely causal relationship between the reported incident and the claimant's ongoing physical complaints, the appeal against the prior rejection of benefits was ultimately dismissed.

## Leitsatz / Regeste

Art. 65 Abs. 1 BVG; Art. 65 Abs. 2 BVG; Art. 65 Abs. 3 BVG; Art. 106 Abs. 1 BVG · Art. 65 Abs. 1 BVG: The court dismissed the appeal, citing this provision regarding the non-establishment of an occupational illness/injury. Art. 65 Abs. 2 BVG: The court dismissed the appeal, citing this provision regarding the lack of factual basis for establishing the causal link. Art. 65 Abs. 3 BVG: The court dismissed the appeal, citing this provision regarding the non-establishment of a significant causal link.

## Rechtsfragen & angewandte Gesetzesbestimmungen

### 1. Art. 65 Abs. 1 BVG

The court dismissed the appeal, citing this provision regarding the non-establishment of an occupational illness/injury.

### 2. Art. 65 Abs. 2 BVG

The court dismissed the appeal, citing this provision regarding the lack of factual basis for establishing the causal link.

### 3. Art. 65 Abs. 3 BVG

The court dismissed the appeal, citing this provision regarding the non-establishment of a significant causal link.

### 4. Art. 106 Abs. 1 BVG

The court ordered the appellant to pay the court costs.

### 5. Art. 68 Abs. 2 BVG

The court ordered the appellant to pay the respondent legal costs.

## Volltext des Entscheids

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\n\n| | | |\n I 2023 79 |\n |\n \n\n

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\n\n| | | |\n |\n Entscheid vom 8. Juli 2024 |\n \n\n

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\n\n| | | |\n Besetzung |\n Dr.iur. Vital Zehnder, Vizepräsident |\n \n|\n |\n Dr.med. Bernhard Zumsteg, Richter Dr.med. Urs Gössi, Richter |\n \n|\n |\n MLaw Joëlle Sigrist, Gerichtsschreiberin |\n \n\n

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\n\n| | | |\n Parteien |\n A.________, \n Beschwerdeführer, \n vertreten durch Rechtsanwalt lic.iur. B.________ |\n \n|\n |\n gegen |\n \n|\n |\n C.________ AG, \n Vorinstanz, |\n \n\n

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\n\n| | | |\n Gegenstand |\n Unfallversicherung (Leistungsanspruch / Kausalität) |\n \n\n

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