Questione giuridica chiave
Whether reconsideration of the 2008 pension award under Art. 53(2) ATSG was permissible because the original decision was manifestly incorrect.
Decisione estratta
Yes. The original award contradicted settled case law on the manageability of somatoform pain disorders and was therefore manifestly incorrect; correction was significant for a continuing periodic benefit.
Motivazione estratta
The administration had granted the pension without applying the then-clear jurisprudence. The court held that, even with a restrained approach to manifest incorrectness, the legal error justified reconsideration.