Questão jurídica principal
Whether the right-eyelid blepharoplasty was a compulsory health-insurance benefit because blépharochalasis was accompanied by a pathological condition.
Decisão extraída
The medical record did not establish, with the required degree of probability, a pathological condition accompanying the blépharochalasis; therefore the operation was not a compulsory benefit at the insurer's expense.
Fundamentação extraída
The two specialist opinions remained contradictory. Further inquiries were unnecessary because both doctors had already stated their views, and the dermatologist could not speak to the patient's condition at the time of surgery. In social insurance, a fact must be shown with predominant probability; mere possibility is insufficient.