Facts
A., born in 1966, applied to the Disability Insurance (IV) in July 2004 for disability benefits due to back problems. The IV office of the Canton of Aargau initially awarded him a full pension, then a half pension, and again a full pension. In the context of a revision in 2012, the IV office ordered a multidisciplinary assessment, following which it issued a decision to discontinue the pension on August 2, 2016.
A. filed a complaint against the decision of the Insurance Court of the Canton of Aargau, which dismissed the complaint. He requested that the decision be overturned and that he continue to receive a full pension.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court first noted that, in principle, all mental illnesses are subject to a structured evidentiary procedure according to BGE 141 V 281. A limitation of this assessment method to somatoform disorders is no longer objectively justified.
Furthermore, the Federal Supreme Court clarified that the severity of a mental illness alone does not determine whether there is an insurance-relevant restriction on the ability to…