Key legal question
Whether the depleted vested-benefits capital had to be counted as waived assets under Art. 11 Abs. 1 lit. g ELG.
Extracted holding
The capital depletion qualified as waived assets because the respondent was not proven to have acted with the requisite capacity during the relevant spending period.
Extracted reasoning
For large-scale asset dissipation, capacity is assessed in relation to the whole course of conduct; the medical evidence of a schizoaffective disorder and hospitalizations supported a finding, on the balance of probabilities, that the respondent lacked the capacity needed for a valid waiver act.