Key legal question
Whether the insured could realistically exploit his 50% residual work capacity on an balanced labour market despite age and long absence from work
Extracted holding
Yes. Given his age, fragmented work history, repeated dismissals, temporary jobs, unemployment periods since 1993, and no work since 2001, the cantonal court could conclude that he could not concretely use his residual capacity.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the cantonal judges did not rely on age alone but on the whole professional dissociation. This assessment did not rest on manifestly incorrect facts and did not violate federal law.