Key legal question
Whether the claimant had an invalidating health impairment entitling him to an invalidity pension.
Extracted holding
The medical record supported the view that he could still work full-time in his former occupation with only a 10% performance loss and certain restrictions; no invalidating impairment was shown.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court upheld the cantonal court's assessment of the MEDAS multidisciplinary report as decisive under free evaluation of evidence. The distinction between treatment and assessment reports justified giving greater weight to the expertise. Newly filed doctors' reports were inadmissible and, in any event, outside the relevant period.