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  1. Title 20 —Employees' Benefits
  2. Chapter III —Social Security Administration
  3. Part 404 —Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (1950- )
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Title 20Employees' BenefitsPart / Section
Chapter IIISocial Security Administration400 – 499
Part 404Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (1950- )404.1 – 404.2127
Subpart DOld-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability404.301 – 404.392
General404.301 – 404.305
§ 404.301Introduction.
§ 404.302Other regulations related to this subpart.
§ 404.303Definitions.
§ 404.304What are the general rules on benefit amounts?
§ 404.305When you may not be entitled to benefits.
Old-Age and Disability Benefits404.310 – 404.325
§ 404.310When am I entitled to old-age benefits?
§ 404.311When does my entitlement to old-age benefits begin and end?
§ 404.312How is my old-age benefit amount calculated?
§ 404.313What are delayed retirement credits and how do they increase my old-age benefit amount?
§ 404.315Who is entitled to disability benefits?
§ 404.316When entitlement to disability benefits begins and ends.
§ 404.317How is the amount of my disability benefit calculated?
§ 404.320Who is entitled to a period of disability.
§ 404.321When a period of disability begins and ends.
§ 404.322When you may apply for a period of disability after a delay due to a physical or mental condition.
§ 404.325The termination month.
Rules Relating to Continuation of Benefits After Your Impairment Is No Longer Disabling404.327 – 404.328
§ 404.327When you are participating in an appropriate program of vocational rehabilitation services, employment services, or other support services.
§ 404.328When your completion of the program, or your continuation in the program for a specified period of time, will increase the likelihood that you will not have to return to the disability benefit rolls.
Benefits for Spouses and Divorced Spouses404.330 – 404.349
§ 404.330Who is entitled to wife's or husband's benefits.
§ 404.331Who is entitled to wife's or husband's benefits as a divorced spouse.
§ 404.332When wife's and husband's benefits begin and end.
§ 404.333Wife's and husband's benefit amounts.
§ 404.335How do I become entitled to widow's or widower's benefits?
§ 404.336How do I become entitled to widow's or widower's benefits as a surviving divorced spouse?
§ 404.337When does my entitlement to widow's and widower's benefits start and end?
§ 404.338Widow's and widower's benefits amounts.
§ 404.339How do I become entitled to mother's or father's benefits as a surviving spouse?
§ 404.340How do I become entitled to mother's or father's benefits as a surviving divorced spouse?
§ 404.341When mother's and father's benefits begin and end.
§ 404.342Mother's and father's benefit amounts.
§ 404.344Your relationship by marriage to the insured.
§ 404.345Your relationship as wife, husband, widow, or widower under State law.
§ 404.346Your relationship as wife, husband, widow, or widower based upon a deemed valid marriage.
§ 404.347“Living in the same household” defined.
§ 404.348When is a child living with me in my care?
§ 404.349When is a child living apart from me in my care?
Child's Benefits404.350 – 404.368
§ 404.350Who is entitled to child's benefits?
§ 404.351Who may be reentitled to child's benefits?
§ 404.352When does my entitlement to child's benefits begin and end?
§ 404.353Child's benefit amounts.
§ 404.354Your relationship to the insured.
§ 404.355Who is the insured's natural child?
§ 404.356Who is the insured's legally adopted child?
§ 404.357Who is the insured's stepchild?
§ 404.358Who is the insured's grandchild or stepgrandchild?
§ 404.359Who is the insured's equitably adopted child?
§ 404.360When a child is dependent upon the insured person.
§ 404.361When a natural child is dependent.
§ 404.362When a legally adopted child is dependent.
§ 404.363When is a stepchild dependent?
§ 404.364When is a grandchild or stepgrandchild dependent?
§ 404.365When an equitably adopted child is dependent.
§ 404.366“Contributions for support,” “one-half support,” and “living with” the insured defined—determining first month of entitlement.
§ 404.367When you are a “full-time elementary or secondary school student”.
§ 404.368When you are considered a full-time student during a period of nonattendance.
Parent's Benefits404.370 – 404.384
§ 404.370Who is entitled to parent's benefits?
§ 404.371When parent's benefits begin and end.
§ 404.373Parent's benefit amounts.
§ 404.374Parent's relationship to the insured.
§§ 404.380-404.384 [Reserved]
Lump-Sum Death Payment404.390 – 404.392
§ 404.390General.
§ 404.391Who is entitled to the lump-sum death payment as a widow or widower who was living in the same household?
§ 404.392Who is entitled to the lump-sum death payment when there is no widow(er) who was living in the same household?
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