Whether the insured met the conditions for an invalidity pension under Art. 28 al. 1 LAI and Art. 8 al. 1 LPGA
The insured was entitled to a half invalidity pension from 1 June 2000 because, given his age, occupation and realistic reintegration prospects, full capacity in adapted work was not reasonably exigible.
Although medical reports accepted 100% capacity in adapted work, the court held that for a person close to retirement age the assessment must be global and realistic. A reconversion into another occupation would have required adaptation capacities that were likely insurmountable. The court therefore relied on the medically attested 50% incapacity in the habitual activity rather than on commercial accounts or an abstract adapted-work capacity.