# 408.1001 Definitions.
As used in this subpart:
*Date you receive notice* means 5 days after the date on the notice, unless you show us that you did not receive it within the 5-day period.
*Decision* means the decision made by an administrative law judge or the Appeals Council.
*Determination* means the initial determination or the reconsidered determination.
*Mass change* means a State-initiated change in the level(s) of federally administered State recognition payments applicable to all recipients of such payments due, for example, to State legislative or executive action.
*Preponderance of the evidence* means such relevant evidence that as a whole shows that the existence of the fact to be proven is more likely than not.
*Remand* means to return a case for further review.
*SVB*, for purposes of this subpart, includes qualification for SVB, entitlement to SVB and payments of SVB.
*Vacate* means to set aside a previous action.
*Waive* means to give up a right knowingly and voluntarily.
*We, us,* or *our* refers to the Social Security Administration.
*You* or *your* refers to any person claiming or receiving SVB.
[69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004, as amended at 73 FR 76944, Dec. 18, 2008]