Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the pension reduction under Art. 17 ATSG was lawful without prior examination of reintegration measures for an insured person over 55 with long-term pension receipt.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Before reducing a disability pension in such a situation, the authority must examine whether self-reintegration is still reasonable and whether reintegration measures are required.
Extrahierte Begründung
The claimant was 61 at the reduction date, had not worked for years, and had received a pension for a long time. No concrete indications of remaining self-reintegration capacity were shown. In these circumstances, the authority had to assess the reintegration question first; this was not done.