Key legal question
Whether the imputation of a hypothetical annual income of CHF 12,860 in the EL calculation was lawful.
Extracted holding
The challenged imputation did not change the entitlement because, even without it, the annual deficit remained below the total sickness-insurance premium lump sums; the minimum guarantee still fixed the benefit at CHF 17,424 per year.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 9 and 11 ELG, the supplementary benefit equals the excess of recognized expenses over countable income. Even removing the imputed income increased the deficit, but not beyond the premium lump sums. Therefore the result remained unchanged.