---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 225.40"
title: "20"
number: "225.40"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/225.40"
---

# §225.40. General.


A cost-of-living increase is an automatic increase in a PIA provided under [section 215(i)](/cfr/20/215.md?p=i) of the Social Security Act. The Social Security Administration determines the percentage amount of any cost-of-living increase paid by the Board.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 12903, Mar. 29, 1989, unless otherwise noted.