Questão jurídica principal
Whether the IV office must reimburse investigation costs incurred before the insured person's application for benefits.
Decisão extraída
Yes, if the investigations were indispensable for assessing entitlement and would have had to be ordered by the IV office after application; prior application timing alone does not exclude reimbursement.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 45 ATSG and Art. 78 Abs. 3 IVV do not require that the investigations be ordered only after a benefits application. The decisive point is whether the measures were indispensable for deciding entitlement.