Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the insured is entitled to statutory and regulatory invalidity benefits under occupational pension law, and from when
Decisione estratta
The cantonal judgment could not stand because the decisive factual basis for entitlement was incomplete; the case had to be remitted for fresh findings and a new decision on the claim.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that entitlement depends mainly on whether there is a close temporal and factual nexus between the earlier incapacity for work and the later invalidity. The lower court had not adequately examined whether the health impairment underlying the IV pension was already the essential cause of the incapacity occurring during the employment relationship or the statutory post-insurance period, nor had it clarified the duration of the employment and BVG coverage.