Medical expert opinion of occupational illness using the example of pneumological diseases

Abstract

Orders for medical expertise reports of the accident insurance institutions and the social courts often have very difficult and complex issues and therefore require a high level of medical expertise as well as occupational health and accident insurance law knowledge. This applies in particular to the expert opinion as to whether a causal connection exists between occupational effects and the disease. Causality must be described on the basis of the current state of medical and scientific knowledge in such a way that it is comprehensible for an accident insurance institution or for a court. The insured person himself should also be able to comprehensively understand the content of the opinion and its consequences.