Key legal question
Whether ordering a multidisciplinary medical assessment in Switzerland was lawful and necessary.
Extracted holding
Yes. The administration had discretion to choose the means of clarifying the medical facts, and the Swiss assessment was justified because the existing file was insufficient and no equivalent Brazilian assessment center was available.
Extracted reasoning
Medical fact-finding is primarily for the insurer under Art. 43 ATSG. In this case, an interdisciplinary assessment was indispensable, and the lack of a comparable Swiss-medical-experienced assessment center in Brazil supported holding the examination in Switzerland.