Questione giuridica chiave
Whether Asperger syndrome qualified as a birth defect under Ziff. 401 GgV Anhang because it was recognizable before age five
Decisione estratta
No. The record did not show clear, objective signs making the autism-spectrum disorder recognizable before age five.
Motivazione estratta
The medical reports and earlier documents did not provide sufficiently specific indicators of a disorder under Ziff. 401. Because the diagnosis was only made much later and retrospectively only with difficulty, recognizability before the age limit was not established on the balance of probabilities.