CFR > Title 20 - Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION > PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950-) > SUBPART D—Old-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability (§404.301 to §404.392) > 404.311—When does my entitlement to old-age benefits begin and end?

404.311—When does my entitlement to old-age benefits begin and end?

(a) We will find you entitled to old-age benefits beginning with:
(1) If you have attained full retirement age (as defined in § 404.409 ), the first month covered by your application in which you meet all requirements for entitlement; or
(2) If you have attained age 62, but have not attained full retirement age (as defined in § 404.409 ), the first month covered by your application throughout which you meet all requirements for entitlement.
(b) We will find your entitlement to old-age benefits ends with the month before the month you die.

Code of Federal Regulations

[68 FR 4702, Jan. 30, 2003]