Question juridique clé
Whether the disability pension could be suspended during imprisonment abroad and after the insured's escape.
Solution extraite
Yes. The suspension was lawful both for imprisonment abroad and after the escape, because Art. 21(5) ATSG and prior case law do not distinguish between domestic and foreign execution, and a prisoner who escapes cannot benefit from the unlawful situation.
Motifs extraits
The purpose of the rule is equal treatment with non-disabled prisoners who cannot work during custody. The legal notion is the penal execution regime, not mere factual confinement. A post-escape factual situation created by an unlawful act cannot be treated as a lawful regime permitting earnings.