Facts
On 31 May 1980, [B.], born in 1948, suffered an accident during military service, causing paraplegia. He received a medium disability allowance from the Disability Insurance (AI) starting 1 May 1981. This allowance was discontinued at the end of December 1982, then reinstated in February 1984 for a mild disability. Concurrently, the Military Insurance (MilIA) paid him disability allowances. In December 1993, the Disability Insurance (AI) again discontinued the mild disability allowance as of 1 February 1994.Considerations
The central issue is whether [B.] could still claim a mild disability allowance from the Disability Insurance (AI) after 1 February 1994. The Federal Insurance Court (Tribunal fédéral des assurances) considers that the exclusion of the accumulation of disability allowances from the Military Insurance (MilIA) and the Old Age and Survivors' Insurance/Disability Insurance (AVS/AI), provided for by the revision of the Military Insurance Act (LAM) that entered into force on 1 January 1994, also applies to benefits already determined previously (ex nunc and pro futuro effect). Although Art. 109 LAM provides for the maintenance of the old law for pending insurance cases at the time of entry into force, this provision does not apply to disability allowances, as the…