Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the dental implant with crown qualified for reimbursement as necessary, simple, economical, and appropriate dental treatment under EL rules.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The treatment was not functionally indicated; leaving the gap open would have been the simple, economical, and appropriate option, so reimbursement was properly refused.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court accepted the trusted dentist's assessment that more than 10 antagonist pairs remained and that chewing ability was objectively preserved. The applicant's alternative explanations were not shown to be arbitrary, and the VKZS recommendations validly concretized the statutory terms.