20 CFR § 408.1003 - Which administrative actions are initial determinations?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s408.1003"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 408.1003 - Which administrative actions are initial determinations?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "408.1003"
section_name: "Which administrative actions are initial determinations?"
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "408"
part_name: "SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
regulatory_source: "68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "408"
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# 408.1003 Which administrative actions are initial determinations?

Initial determinations regarding SVB include, but are not limited to, determinations about—

(a) Whether you qualify for SVB;

(b) Whether you are entitled to receive SVB payments on the basis of your residence outside the United States;

(c) The amount of your SVB payments;

(d) Suspension or reduction of your SVB payments;

(e) Termination of your SVB entitlement;

(f) Whether an overpayment of benefits must be repaid to us;

(g) Whether payments will be made, on your behalf, to a representative payee, unless you are legally incompetent;

(h) Who will act as your payee if we determine that representative payment will be made;

(i) A claim for benefits under § 408.351 based on alleged misinformation; and

(j) Our calculation of the amount of change in your federally administered State recognition payment amount (*i.e.,* a reduction, suspension, or termination) which results from a mass change as defined in § 408.1001.

[69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004; 69 FR 45586, July 30, 2004]