Facts
On 27 April 1983, Mario B., born in 1953, was the victim of a traffic accident (rear-end collision) and suffered a contusion of the right knee. As a result, he developed patellofemoral chondropathy with slight chronic synovitis, making his previous work as a radio and television salesman unsuitable. The compensation fund of the canton of Thurgau covered the costs of his vocational rehabilitation as a commercial employee at school J. from April 1985 to April 1988. On 3 December 1986, Mario B. was expelled from school J. with immediate effect for disciplinary reasons. He was able to resume his rehabilitation at institute M. from 9 March 1987, with the aim of training as an office employee due to the difficulties encountered in language subjects. However, the compensation fund refused to pay him daily allowances for the period from 3 December 1986 to 8 March 1987.Considerations
According to established case law, daily allowances are an ancillary benefit to certain integration measures and can only be paid if and as long as disability insurance integration measures are ongoing. However, the legislator has provided for an exception for waiting periods.
In the present case, the period from 3 December 1986 to 8 March 1987 cannot be considered a waiting period entitling to daily allowances, as the integration measures were interrupted due to the applicant's expulsion from school J. The applicant also cannot claim that his private vocational studies during this period constitute a disability insurance integration measure.
The right to daily allowances during a waiting period only exists if the causes of this period are not attributable to the insured. In the present case, however, the…