Revocation of a disability pension by the competent IV office

Facts

A., born in 1972, received a half disability pension from the Disability Insurance (IV) with a degree of disability of 55% from April 1, 2004. In the context of a regular pension review in 2009, the competent IV office of the Canton of Zurich revoked this disability pension by decision of August 29, 2011. A. filed an appeal against this decision, which the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich upheld on December 20, 2012 and revoked the revocation of the pension. The court ordered that the files be remitted to the IV office of the Canton of Zurich for review of the pension entitlement in the sense of the final provisions of the 6th IV revision.

After obtaining expert opinions, the IV office of the Canton of Zurich revoked the disability pension again by decision of May 7, 2015. A. filed an appeal against this decision, which the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed on September 29, 2016.

Considerations

The Federal Supreme Court held that the IV office that was once competent remains competent until the conclusion of the proceedings, even if the insured person changes their place of residence. The objection of lack of local jurisdiction of an authority is considered late if it is not immediately raised by a person represented by a lawyer.

In the present case, the legal representative was…