Malaga court reinstates previously revoked severe disability pension of man in wheelchair

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The Social Security service had withdrawn the pension, stating that the man's state had improved, despite there being no medical records to prove that

José Antonio Sau

Monday, 30 March 2026, 11:36

A 44-year-old man from Malaga who suffers from severe axonal tetraparesis (lack of strength and mobility in all four limbs) has won a court case against the Social Security institute in Spain (INSS), which had revoked his right to pension.

The man prefers to remain anonymous. He has been living in a wheelchair for several years, unable to walk after three rounds of chemotherapy for a testicular cancer. "I underwent chemotherapy, but during the third session, I started feeling unwell and spoke with my oncologist. I told him I wanted to stop," he told SUR.

"I couldn't walk anymore. I would get up and fall," he says when referring to the time after his treatment, which was necessary to save his life. He received a severe disability status in 2021.

The INSS revoked his status on 30 December 2024, having previously reduced it to one of total incapacity.

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