Facts
The present case concerns the question of whether the appellant had a performance-specific disability that prevented her from completing the initial vocational training for psychological reasons from the end of October 1991 to January 1996. If this question is answered in the affirmative, the consequence would be that the initial vocational training that is now to be made up for is to be qualified as delayed due to disability, and the associated loss of earnings is to be compensated by the disability insurance in the form of daily allowances as a disability-related loss of earnings.
The appellant had discontinued her apprenticeship in October 1991 and only taken up a temporary job as an assistant in January 1996 after a drug rehabilitation. The question is whether she was prevented from completing the initial vocational training within the usual timeframe for psychological reasons during this time.
Considerations
The Federal Court states that within the framework of Art. 4 para. 1 IVG, it is not the simultaneity (contemporaneity) but the causality of the health impairment and incapacity to work that is decisive. The decisive factor is whether the insured person incurs additional costs for the initial vocational training due to reasons of a permanent or long-lasting health impairment, i.e. for disability-related reasons.
The Federal Court emphasizes that it is irrelevant whether the appellant was…