Berlin ( CNN ) -- Insurers in Germany are not obligated to pay for Viagra or other sexual performance enhancing drugs , the country 's federal social court has ruled . The decision Tuesday stemmed from the case of a man with multiple sclerosis who insisted his insurance company reimburse him for the cost of treating his erectile dysfunction , a potential side effect of the neurological disease . But the court ruled that insurers have no responsibility to pay for any `` quality of life '' drugs and that an insurer 's refusal to do so was in no way discriminatory , even if the person in question suffered from an incurable disease . During the proceedings , defendants cited reforms to the country 's health care system that were pushed through in 2004 , under which insurance companies were exempt from paying for medication that primarily treated `` quality of life '' conditions . The list included medicines for treating impotence .
A court has ruled that insurers do n't have to pay for sexual performance enhancement drugs . A man suffering from multiple sclerosis wanted erectile dysfunction drugs . He was denied, and the insurance company sued him in federal district court.