A finding of “disabled” will be made for persons who:
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are not working at SGA level, and
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have a lifetime commitment (30 years or more) to a field of work that is unskilled,
or is skilled or semi-skilled but with no transferable skills, and
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can no longer perform this past work because of a severe impairment(s), and
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are closely approaching retirement age (age 60 or older), and
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have no more than a limited education.
(See DI 25001.001 for the definitions of “limited education” and DI 24505.000 for a discussion of severe impairment.)
NOTE: To satisfy the requirement for this profile, the 30 years of lifetime commitment
work does not have to be at one job or for one employer but rather work in one field
of a very similar nature. If the person has a history of working 30 years or more
in one field of work, the use of this profile will not be precluded by the fact that
the person also has work experience in other fields, so long as that work experience
in other fields is not past relevant work which the person is still able to perform.