20 CFR § 404.602 - Definitions.

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title: "20 CFR § 404.602 - Definitions."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "404.602"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "404"
part_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950-  )"
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# 404.602 Definitions.

For the purpose of this subpart—

*Applicant* means the person who files an application for benefits for himself or herself or for someone else. A person who files for himself or herself is both the *applicant* and the *claimant.*

*Application* refers only to an application on a form described in § 404.611.

*Benefits* means any old-age, disability, dependents', and survivors' insurance benefits described in subpart D, including a period of disability.

*Claimant* means the person who files an application for benefits for himself or herself or the person for whom an application is filed.

*We, us,* or *our* means the Social Security Administration (SSA).

*You* or *your* means, as appropriate, the person who applies for benefits, the person for whom an application is filed, or the person who may consider applying for benefits.