32In that regard, the Court has pointed out that, in order to determine whether treatment which is equally effective for the patient can be obtained in due time in the Member State of residence, the competent institution is required to have regard to all the circumstances of each specific case and to take due account not only of the patient’s medical condition at the time when authorisation is sought and, where appropriate, of the degree of pain or the nature of the patient’s disability which might, for example, make it impossible or extremely difficult for him to carry out a professional activity, but also of his medical history (Inizan, EU:C:2003:578, paragraph 46; Watts, EU:C:2006:325, paragraph 62, and Elchinov, EU:C:2010:581, paragraph 66).
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