20 CFR § 404.311 - When does my entitlement to old-age benefits begin and end?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s404.311"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 404.311 - When does my entitlement to old-age benefits begin and end?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "404.311"
section_name: "When does my entitlement to old-age benefits begin and end?"
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "404"
part_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "404"
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# 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.
[68 FR 4702, Jan. 30, 2003]