Questão jurídica principal
Whether the insured could later fill AHV contribution gaps for 1995-1998 by paying minimum contributions based on Art. 27 ATSG and trust protection.
Decisão extraída
No. Any omission of advice or information by the compensation office did not create a causal entitlement to retroactively fill the contribution gaps because the insured knew the contributions were unpaid and had to act herself.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the relevant rule was Art. 27(2) ATSG, but even assuming a breach of the duty to advise, the insured already knew of the unpaid contributions and that pension amounts depend on paid contributions. The missing information was therefore not causally decisive for the failure to pay by the statutory deadline.