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I 2024 34 — Social Insurance Disability Benefits Appeal Reversal Due to Inadequate Medical Assessment

Case Number I 2024 34 (SZ_VG_003_I-2024-34_2024-11-12)
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Jurisdiction Canton of Schwyz — Cantonal Courts (CH-SZ)
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A party appealed a decision concerning a social insurance matter where the lower court had denied a claim for disability benefits based on a contested medical assessment. The appellate court reasoned that the initial medical expert's findings were based on an incomplete review of the claimant's medical history and failed to adequately consider objective medical evidence presented by the claimant's treating physicians, thus concluding that the evidence did not sufficiently support the prior determination of the degree of disability, requiring a reversal and referral back for further expert evaluation.

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A party appealed a decision concerning a social insurance matter where the lower court had denied a claim for disability benefits based on a contested medical assessment. The appellate court reasoned that the initial medical expert's findings were based on an incomplete review of the claimant's medical history and failed to adequately consider objective medical evidence presented by the claimant's treating physicians, thus concluding that the evidence did not sufficiently support the prior determination of the degree of disability, requiring a reversal and referral back for further expert evaluation.

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Full Text of the Judgment — I 2024 34

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\n\n| | | |\n |\n Entscheid vom 12. November 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. Pierre Lichtenhahn, 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 Suva, Rechtsabteilung, Fluhmattstrasse 1, Postfach, \n 6002 Luzern, \n Vorinstanz, |\n \n\n

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