Key legal question
Whether the appellant’s French monthly pension had to be included as determining income for supplementary benefits.
Extracted holding
Yes. Periodic pensions are determining income under Art. 3c(1)(d) LPC, even if the recipient uses them to repay debts rather than for living expenses.
Extracted reasoning
The cantonal findings bound the Court: the appellant receives a monthly French pension. The use of that pension to repay a hospital debt does not exclude it from income calculation.