Questão jurídica principal
Whether the disability insurer violated the insured person's right to be heard and participation rights in the expert assessment.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The insured person had to be informed that the IV office had joined the medical expert assessment and submitted additional questions, so that he could raise objections and propose questions before the examination.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 44 ATSG requires prior notification of the expert and timely notice allowing participation. Because the insured person was informed only about the experts, not about the IV office's own involvement, he could not effectively exercise challenge and question rights separately vis-à-vis both insurers.