Facts

I., born in 1973, under guardianship since 1995, has been receiving a full disability pension as well as a medium-degree helplessness allowance since January 1, 1992. By order of March 5, 1996, the IV-Stelle (Disability Insurance Office) of the Canton of Zurich revoked the helplessness allowance as of the end of April 1996 in a revision procedure and denied the suspensive effect of any possible appeal. The Sozialversicherungsgericht (Social Insurance Court) of the Canton of Zurich upheld the appeal filed against this in its decision of September 21, 1998 and referred the matter back to the IV-Stelle so that it could issue a new decision on the insured person's entitlement to a light-degree helplessness allowance after the necessary clarification. The IV-Stelle denied such an entitlement by order of November 16, 1999, which the Sozialversicherungsgericht of the Canton of Zurich confirmed in its decision of May 11, 2001.

Considerations

The Eidgenössisches Versicherungsgericht (Federal Insurance Court) confirms its previous case law in accordance with BGE 106 V 18, according to which the denial of the suspensive effect of the appeal in connection with the reduction or revocation of a pension or helplessness allowance ordered in a revision procedure continues to apply for the period of this clarification procedure until the…