Key legal question
Whether the reduction of the whole invalidity pension to a half pension under the revision procedure was lawful on the existing medical record.
Extracted holding
No. The record did not allow a reliable finding of a relevant change in health or earning capacity, so the reduction could not stand.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 17 ATSG requires a relevant change in circumstances. The cantonal court made no binding factual findings, and the medical file was rudimentary and partly contradictory. The Federal Court could not cure these deficiencies and ordered a remand for further medical clarification.