42 USC § 420 - Disability provisions inapplicable if benefit rights impaired

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s420"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 420 - Disability provisions inapplicable if benefit rights impaired"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "420"
section_name: "Disability provisions inapplicable if benefit rights impaired"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title II, § 220, as added Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1206, title I, § 106(g), 68 Stat. 1081.)"
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# § 420. Disability provisions inapplicable if benefit rights impaired

None of the provisions of this subchapter relating to periods of disability shall apply in any case in which their application would result in the denial of monthly benefits or a lump-sum death payment which would otherwise be payable under this subchapter; nor shall they apply in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment under this subchapter if such benefit or payment would be greater without their application.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title II, § 220, as added Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1206, title I, § 106(g), 68 Stat. 1081.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 420, , as added , , relating to inapplicability of disability provisions if benefits were reduced, ceased to be in effect at the close of . See Effective and Termination Date of 1952 Amendment note set out under .