Key legal question
Whether the original pension award was clearly incorrect and could be reopened by reconsideration.
Extracted holding
Yes. The original 2008 pension grant was based on an unsubstantiated factual basis and an insufficient medical assessment, so reconsideration was permissible.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the initial award rested on non-validated neuropsychological complaints and on a diagnosis not securely established by objective findings. The IV office had also failed to obtain the necessary psychiatric clarification, which amounted to a serious investigative defect.