Key legal question
Whether the insured was entitled to an invalidity pension under Art. 23 BVG
Extracted holding
No entitlement was shown because the relevant work incapacity was not proven to be causally linked to the later invalidity, and the temporal nexus was interrupted.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court upheld the finding that the femoral head necroses were not, on the balance of probabilities, caused by the 2002 accident, and that the insured could still earn a disabling income for at least one year after the end of coverage.