Key legal question
Whether a hypothetical income could be imputed to the claimant’s wife for supplementary benefits calculation.
Extracted holding
Yes. The wife was deemed capable of full-time work and her earning capacity had to be realized and imputed.
Extracted reasoning
The court applied the duty to mitigate loss in social insurance and held that lack of German skills was not caused by a health impairment. Given her age, health, schooling, and the local labor market, the cantonal court’s finding of a gross annual earning capacity of CHF 50,465 was not manifestly incorrect.