Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the insured person's primary alcohol dependence constituted an invalidating impairment entitling him to an AI pension.
Decisione estratta
Primary alcohol dependence, absent a disease or accident causing the impairment or being caused by a disease-like mental or physical disorder, is not itself an invalidity under federal law.
Motivazione estratta
The medical reports described severe alcohol dependence and cognitive limitations, but did not establish that the dependence was caused by, or caused, a disease-like health impairment. It was therefore a primary dependence outside invalidity law.