Questão jurídica principal
Whether compulsory health insurance had to cover the costs of dental crowns and a lower-jaw prosthesis as treatment of a severe general illness or its consequences.
Decisão extraída
No. The dental work was preventive and caused mainly by neglected oral hygiene, not a necessary consequence of the transplant-related immunosuppression.
Fundamentação extraída
The findings that no severe dental, jaw, or general disease within the statutory framework was proven were not manifestly incorrect. Under the applicable provisions, coverage exists only when dental treatment is a necessary part of treating a severe general illness or its consequences; here, the interventions were not an unavoidable result of the transplant and could have been avoided with timely dental care.