Question juridique clé
Whether the appeal remained pending after the disability insurance office reconsidered its refusal decision and issued a new decision granting the claim.
Solution extraite
The appeal became moot because the challenged decision was annulled by a new decision that fully granted the appellant's conclusions.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 53(3) LPGA, the insurer may reconsider a decision while an appeal is pending until its pre-trial submission is sent. The office validly exercised that power, so there was no longer any live controversy.