20 CFR § 404.821 - Correction of the record of your earnings before the time limit ends.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s404.821"
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title: "20 CFR § 404.821 - Correction of the record of your earnings before the time limit ends."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "404.821"
section_name: "Correction of the record of your earnings before the time limit ends."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "404"
part_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "404"
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# 404.821 Correction of the record of your earnings before the time limit ends.
Before the time limit ends for any year, we will correct the record of your earnings for that year for any reason if satisfactory evidence shows SSA records are incorrect. We may correct the record as the result of a request filed under § 404.820 or we may correct it on our own.