Claim for coverage of the costs of a wheelchair towing device by the Disability Insurance

Facts

A., born in 1966, suffered a first accident in December 2010 and applied to the Disability Insurance (IV) in July 2017 for a towing device for her wheelchair. The IV office in Glarus rejected the application, as it considered the obligation to provide benefits of the Accident Insurance (UVG) to be given. A. contested the ruling. The Federal Supreme Court partially upheld the appeal and referred the matter back to the IV office for re-examination.

Considerations

The Federal Supreme Court states that both the Accident Insurance (UVG) and the Disability Insurance (IVG) may be obliged to provide benefits for the disputed wheelchair towing device. The definitive obligation to provide benefits of the Disability Insurance can only be denied if one of the branch-specific requirements is not met or the priority obligation to provide benefits of the Accident Insurance is established. Since the latter is not the case, the IV office must re-examine the claim.

Furthermore, the Federal Supreme Court finds that although according to Art. 70 para. 2 GSSLA there is…