WAC 388-448-0110 PEP Step VII -- How we evaluate your capacity to perform other work

If we decide you cannot do work that you’ve done before, we then decide if you can do any other work. In making this decision, we again consider vocational factors of age, education and limited English proficiency (LEP).  We approve incapacity if you have a physical impairment only and meet the vocational factors below:
Highest Work Level Assigned by the Practitioner		Your Age		Your Education Level	Other Vocational Factors
Sedentary		Any age		Any level	Does not apply
Light		50 and older		Any level	Does not apply
Light		35 and older		Illiterate or LEP	Does not apply
Light		18 and older		Limited Education	Does not have any past work
Medium		50 and older		Limited education	Does not have any past work
Medium		55 and older		Any level	Does not apply
Heavy		55 and older		Any level	Environmental restrictions apply
We approve incapacity when you have a mental disorder only and meet the age and social functioning limitations below:
Social Limitation						Age
Can not appropriately relate to coworkers and supervisors (rated three); and; Can not tolerate the pressures of a work setting (rated four).						50 years and older
Can not tolerate the pressures of a work setting (rated five).						18 to 54
A mental disorder severity rated four; One or more symptoms from WAC 388-448-0050 (4) (rated five); Can not appropriately relate to coworkers and supervisors (rated three); and Can not tolerate the pressures of a work setting (rated four).						18-49
We approve incapacity when you have both mental and physical impairments and vocational factors interfere with working as follows:
Your Age	Your Education		Your Other Restrictions
Any age	Any level		Can not appropriately relate to coworkers and supervisors (rated three); and Can not tolerate pressures of a work setting (rated four).
50 or older	Limited education		Restricted to medium work level or less.
18 to 49	Limited education		Restricted to light work level.
If we do not find that you are incapacitated by the end of Step VII of the PEP, an administrative review team (ART) makes the incapacity decision. The review team consists of two or more persons within the community service office (CSO) who are not in the position of providing direct eligibility or incapacity services to you. The ART reviews the medical evidence and your vocational factors.