Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the 1999 pension award was manifestly incorrect and could be reopened by reconsideration under Art. 53(2) ATSG.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The original pension award was manifestly incorrect because the validation income of CHF 70,000 had no objective basis; reconsideration was permissible.
Extrahierte Begründung
A clearly unsupported comparison income cannot be regarded as a defensible exercise of discretion. The ten-year period had not yet elapsed, and the continued payment of a non-lawfully owed pension justified ex nunc correction.