Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal to order a further medical expert opinion violated the right to be heard.
Decisão extraída
No. The medical file was sufficiently documented, the lower court dealt with the competing medical views, and further evidence was unlikely to change the outcome.
Fundamentação extraída
Anticipated evaluation of evidence was permissible because the existing reports already allowed a reliable assessment of causation; the court adequately explained why it preferred Dr. Del Monte over Dr. Hofer.