Supreme Court allows pension claim restoration when disability reoccurs within 18 months of cessation.

The Supreme Court quashed the lower court's dismissal of Leonard M.'s disability pension claim and remanded the case for retrial. The lower court incorrectly assumed the applicant was not disabled when he lost his job in 1990, failing to verify if his prior disability status persisted until his new diagnosis in 1994. The Court ruled that the applicant's right to the pension should be restored if he became disabled again within 18 months of his previous disability ceasing, a condition requiring further factual clarification.