[Tuberculosis of the urogenital tract--guidelines for evaluation within the social compensation law and laws for the disabled].

For the urologist who works as a consultant in the German "Social Compensation Law" tuberculosis of the urogenital tract is of current interest. The assessment of a causal connection represents no difficulty, when the existence of a pleuritis exsudativa is proven or when tuberculosis is accepted as being military service connected. For the assumption of a causal connection in the so called compensation law the probability is sufficient and it should be considered, that long term latencies are typical. The consultant must realize that today tuberculosis is a curable infection because of the effective chemotherapy. One must be aware of this by the determination of the MdE. In the future a term of recovery will not be justified as a whole. The final decision will be made only according to the extent of the remaining functional disturbances. On the basis of 358 examinations of the Compensation board in Giessen an outline of present evaluation of tuberculosis of the urogenital tract is presented.