Facts
The appellant, [X.] , born 1954, first registered with the disability insurance in 1992, after having been involved in a car accident in 1991. After his initial application for benefits was rejected, he reapplied in 1996. The InvIA office of the canton of Zurich granted him a half disability pension in 1998, which was increased to a full disability pension in 2000. In the course of a revision procedure, the pension was revoked retroactively as of November 1, 2003.
The appellant appealed this decision to the Social Insurance Court of the canton of Zurich, which dismissed the appeal. The appellant then filed an appeal in public law matters with the Federal Supreme Court.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court examined the appeal and came to the conclusion that the lower court had rightly determined the ruling of January 14, 2000, as the relevant reference date. The ruling of January 12, 2004, and the notification of October 25, 2006, were not suitable to justify an adjustment of the pension claim.
The Federal Supreme Court also found that the lower court had rightly acknowledged the probative value of the MEDAS expert opinion of Neurologie Toggenburg AG of November 17, 2014. The experts had plausibly and convincingly explained why they recognized a health improvement as of August 2003 in somatic terms and since the examination by Clinic [C.] (May 2003) in…