Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the pensioned child benefit from the father's occupational pension counts as income for EL purposes
Extrahierter Entscheid
No, because the child had no direct and unrestricted entitlement to the benefit while the father's old-age pension existed.
Extrahierte Begründung
Only actually received income or assets freely disposable by the claimant may be counted under EL law. Under the pension fund rules, the benefit remained accessory to the father's old-age pension and the child gained a direct claim only upon the father's death, when it would transform into an orphan's pension.