87 - Prohibition against disqualification on account of age or disability.

§ 87. Prohibition  against  disqualification  on  account  of  age  or  disability. A veteran or disabled veteran shall not be disqualified from  holding any position in the civil service on account of age, except  for  positions  for  which  age  limitations  are  specifically authorized or  prescribed by law, provided such age does not render him incompetent  to  perform  the  duties  of  the position applied for.   A disabled veteran  shall not be disqualified from holding any position in the civil service  by reason of a war-incurred disability, provided  such  disability  does  not render him incompetent to perform the duties of the position applied  for.