Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the insured had a current protectable interest in a declaratory decision on his disability degree for 1997
Extrahierter Entscheid
He had no current protectable interest because the complementary-benefit authority could decide the preliminary disability question itself when assessing future entitlement.
Extrahierte Begründung
A declaratory decision is admissible only if an immediate factual or legal interest cannot be preserved by a constitutive decision. Here the OCPA could determine the degree of incapacity as a preliminary issue in the complementary-benefit proceedings, especially since the insured already received an old-age pension and no AI pension decision existed at retirement.