Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the 2004 pension decision could be revised by reconsideration under Art. 53(2) ATSG because the invalidity assessment was manifestly incorrect.
Decisione estratta
Yes. The original assessment wrongly used a hypothetical income already reflecting the health impairment, which led to an untenable invalidity calculation; the reconsideration requirements were met.
Motivazione estratta
For the valid income, the decisive question is what the insured would probably have earned without disability at the earliest possible pension date. The insurer instead used an income tied to a retraining as technical commercial employee, although no such career path was shown to be probable absent the accident. This conflicted with Art. 16 ATSG and made the original decision clearly unlawful.