Questione giuridica chiave
Whether PUBLICA owes occupational pension invalidity benefits for the later 2007 increase in disability.
Decisione estratta
The later deterioration is attributable to the same underlying multiple sclerosis that had already caused the earlier partial invalidity, so PUBLICA is not newly liable.
Motivazione estratta
The court found a close factual and temporal nexus because the medical records showed repeated MS relapses since 1990 and no sustained recovery above 50% work capacity. In Schubkrankheiten, the overall circumstances matter, but here the later incapacity was not a new insured cause.