Key legal question
Whether a municipal authority that received an assignment of the insured person’s BVG claim is a permissible party before the BVG court under Art. 73 BVG.
Extracted holding
Yes. The assignee steps into the assignor’s procedural position and qualifies as an entitled person for the scope of Art. 73 BVG.
Extracted reasoning
Assignment does not alter the legal nature of the claim; the claim passes to the assignee with its procedural rights. The BVG court’s jurisdiction is unaffected, so the reimbursement claim must be heard in the same forum that would have been competent against the insured.