Court allows disability pension claim when alcohol misuse is a consequence, not cause, of severe illness.

The Insurance Court reversed the Disability Board's decision to grant a full disability pension to a 45-year-old machine fitter diagnosed with a severe personality disorder and borderline symptoms. The Board had incorrectly treated the applicant's alcohol and drug misuse as the direct cause of his inability to work rather than a symptom of his underlying illness. The court ruled that since the substance abuse was a consequence of the medical condition, the applicant remained entitled to the pension from January 1, 1983.