Key legal question
Whether the insured had an entitlement to retraining under Art. 17(1) IVG.
Extracted holding
No retraining entitlement existed because the required earning impairment was not shown.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the loss of earnings must be assessed on the basis of an balanced labor market and statistical wages, not the concrete labor market or non-disability-related personal, social, or cultural factors. On the medical evidence, the insured could work full time in hand-unburdening adapted jobs; he was not functionally one-armed.