Key legal question
Whether the Federal Supreme Court could hear the appeal against a cantonal decision that combined a remand for one period with a final ruling on a later pension period.
Extracted holding
The combined decision was, overall, an interlocutory decision and not immediately appealable under the Federal Supreme Court Act.
Extracted reasoning
For disability pensions, the pension entitlement is a single legal relationship. If an earlier period is remitted for further clarification, the later period cannot be finally decided independently, because the later assessment may depend on the findings made for the earlier period and on any ensuing revision prerequisites.