Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the insured's chronic pain and whiplash-related complaints justified disability benefits despite the diagnosis of a somatoform pain disorder.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The medical record did not justify departing from the general rule that a persistent somatoform pain disorder does not usually cause long-term incapacity sufficient for invalidity; the exceptional conditions were not met.
Extrahierte Begründung
None of the expert reports diagnosed a whiplash-associated disorder. The doctors consistently diagnosed a persistent somatoform pain disorder more than a year after the accident, and the court found no basis for an exception to the general jurisprudential rule.