Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the claimant had a right to vocational rehabilitation in the form of retraining
Extrahierter Entscheid
The refusal could not stand on the ground that he had long since left his trained trade; the authority must examine the remaining conditions for retraining and decide anew.
Extrahierte Begründung
Retraining under IV law is also available to persons who entered work without prior formal training. The decisive point is whether invalidity causes the required loss of earning capacity and whether the measure is suitable, necessary, and appropriate; the fact that the claimant had worked for years in unskilled jobs does not exclude entitlement.