20 CFR § 408.1070 - When will we reopen a final determination?

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title: "20 CFR § 408.1070 - When will we reopen a final determination?"
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title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
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section_name: "When will we reopen a final determination?"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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# 408.1070 When will we reopen a final determination?

(a) *General rules.* For purposes of this part, we use the same rules on reopening and revising determinations and decisions that we use in the title XVI program (see §§ 416.1487-416.1494 of this chapter), except as noted in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) *Exceptions.* (1) In addition to the rule stated in § 416.1488, a determination, revised determination, or revised decision may be reopened at any time if it was fully or partially unfavorable to you, but only to correct—

(i) A clerical error; or

(ii) An error that appears on the face of the evidence that we considered when we made the determination or decision.

(2) In § 416.1492(b), the parenthetical clause is deemed to read “(see § 408.820),” and paragraph (d) does not apply to this part.

(3) In § 416.1494, the words “one of our offices” in the first sentence are deemed to read “any of the offices listed in § 408.1009(b).”

[69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004, as amended at 75 FR 44138, July 28, 2010]