Questão jurídica principal
Whether the claimant remained indigent and entitled to free legal aid/legal representation in the cantonal disability-insurance proceedings.
Decisão extraída
He was no longer indigent once his financial situation improved; the request for free legal aid was rightly denied retroactively.
Fundamentação extraída
The court accepted that legal aid depends on indigence, lack of prospects of success, and necessity of counsel. It found a monthly surplus even after correcting the rent figure, so the claimant could pay counsel within a reasonable time without invading protected subsistence needs or capital.