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An official determination of the capacity of a person in one or more basic areas of performance as identified by a specific set of the person's characteristics. The acronym typically used to identify the set of characteristics is PULHESX (Physical condition, Upper extremity, Lower extremity, Hearing-ears, vision-Eyes, neuropsychiatric-Stability, and physical work capacity). The value of a characteristic can range from 1 to 4; 1 is the best. Thus, the best PULHESX combination is "1111111". (This set of all ones is sometimes referred to as a "picket fence".) The worst PULHESX combination is "4444444". In terms of the PERSON-PULHESX-EVALUATION, a value of 0 means not determined. |