Key legal question
Whether the insured suffered the relevant incapacity during the pension coverage period with sufficient temporal and material nexus to later invalidity.
Extracted holding
Yes. The court found that it was more probable than not that a at least 40% work incapacity existed in 1996 while coverage was in force, and that the later invalidity remained materially and temporally linked.
Extracted reasoning
Medical records showed recurring absences, somatic complaints and depressive symptoms already in 1996, with later expert reports confirming a longstanding mixed somatic and psychological condition. The interim job did not break the causal chain because it was not comparable to the prior employment and did not show sustainable earning capacity.