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kind: "range"
citation: "20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1592c–404.1592f"
title: "20"
from: "404.1592c"
to: "404.1592f"
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url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.1592c..404.1592f"
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# §404.1592c. Who is entitled to expedited reinstatement?

- (a) **You can have your entitlement to benefits reinstated under expedited reinstatement if—**
  - (1) You were previously entitled to a disability benefit on your own record of earnings as indicated in [§ 404.315](/cfr/20/404.315.md), or as a disabled widow or widower as indicated in [§ 404.335](/cfr/20/404.335.md), or as a disabled child as indicated in [§ 404.350](/cfr/20/404.350.md), or to Medicare entitlement based on disability and Medicare qualified government employment as indicated in [42 CFR 406.15](/cfr/42/406.15.md);
  - (2) Your disability entitlement referred to in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section was terminated because you did substantial gainful activity;
  - (3) You file your request for reinstatement timely under [§ 404.1592d](/cfr/20/404.1592d.md); and
  - (4) **In the month you file your request for reinstatement—**
    - (i) You are not able or become unable to do substantial gainful activity because of your medical condition as determined under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section;
    - (ii) Your current impairment is the same as or related to the impairment that we used as the basis for your previous entitlement referred to in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section; and
    - (iii) You are disabled, as determined under the medical improvement review standard in [§§ 404.1594(a) through (e)](/cfr/20/404.1594.md?p=a..e).
- (b) **You are entitled to reinstatement on the record of an insured person who is or has been reinstated if—**
  - (1) **You were previously entitled to one of the following benefits on the record of the insured person—**
    - (i) A spouse or divorced spouse benefit under §§ [404.330](/cfr/20/404.330.md) and [404.331](/cfr/20/404.331.md);
    - (ii) A child's benefit under [§ 404.350](/cfr/20/404.350.md); or
    - (iii) A parent's benefit under [§ 404.370](/cfr/20/404.370.md);
  - (2) You were entitled to benefits on the record when we terminated the insured person's entitlement;
  - (3) You meet the requirements for entitlement to the benefit described in the applicable [paragraph (b)(1)(i) through (b)(1)(iii)](#b-1-i..b-1-iii) of this section; and
  - (4) **You request to be reinstated.**
- (c) We will determine that you are not able to do substantial gainful activity because of your medical condition, under [paragraph (a)(4)(i)](#a-4-i) of this section, when:
  - (1) You certify under [§ 404.1592d(d)(2)](/cfr/20/404.1592d.md?p=d-2) that you are unable to do substantial gainful activity because of your medical condition;
  - (2) You are not able or become unable to do substantial gainful activity in the month you file your request for reinstatement; and
  - (3) **We determine that you are disabled under paragraph (a)(4)(iii) of this section.**

# §404.1592d. How do I request reinstatement?

- (a) You must make your request for reinstatement in writing.
- (b) You must have filed your request on or after January 1, 2001.
- (c) You must provide the information we request so that we can determine whether you meet the requirements for reinstatement as indicated in [§ 404.1592c](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md).
- (d) If you request reinstatement under [§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a)—
  - (1) We must receive your request within the consecutive 60-month period that begins with the month in which your entitlement terminated due to doing substantial gainful activity. If we receive your request after the 60-month period we can grant you an extension if we determine you had good cause under the standards explained in [§ 404.911](/cfr/20/404.911.md) for not filing the request timely; and
  - (2) You must certify that you are disabled, that your current impairment(s) is the same as or related to the impairment(s) that we used as the basis for the benefit you are requesting to be reinstated, and that you are unable to do substantial gainful activity because of your medical condition.

# §404.1592e. How do we determine provisional benefits?

- (a) You may receive up to 6 consecutive months of provisional cash benefits and Medicare during the provisional benefit period, while we determine whether we can reinstate your disability benefit entitlement under [§ 404.1592c](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md)—
  - (1) We will pay you provisional benefits, and reinstate your Medicare if you are not already entitled to Medicare, beginning with the month you file your request for reinstatement under [§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a) if you do not perform substantial gainful activity in that month. We will pay you provisional benefits, and reinstate your Medicare if you are not already entitled to Medicare, beginning with the month after you file your request for reinstatement under [§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a) if you perform substantial gainful activity in the month in which you file your request for reinstatement.
  - (2) We will pay you a monthly provisional benefit amount equal to the last monthly benefit payable to you during your prior entitlement, increased by any cost of living increases that would have been applicable to the prior benefit amount under [§ 404.270](/cfr/20/404.270.md). The last monthly benefit payable is the amount of the monthly insurance benefit we determined that was actually paid to you for the month before the month in which your entitlement was terminated, after we applied the reduction, deduction and nonpayment provisions in [§ 404.401](/cfr/20/404.401.md) through [§ 404.480](/cfr/20/404.480.md).
  - (3) If you are entitled to another monthly benefit payable under the provisions of title II of the Act for the same month you can be paid a provisional benefit, we will pay you an amount equal to the higher of the benefits payable.
  - (4) If you request reinstatement for more than one benefit entitlement, we will pay you an amount equal to the higher of the provisional benefits payable.
  - (5) If you are eligible for Supplemental Security Income payments, including provisional payments, we will reduce your provisional benefits under [§ 404.408b](/cfr/20/404.408b.md) if applicable.
  - (6) We will not reduce your provisional benefit, or the payable benefit to other individuals entitled on an earnings record, under [§ 404.403](/cfr/20/404.403.md), when your provisional benefit causes the total benefits payable on the earnings record to exceed the family maximum.
- (b) **You cannot receive provisional cash benefits or Medicare a second time under this section when—**
  - (1) You request reinstatement under [§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a);
  - (2) You previously received provisional cash benefits or Medicare under this section based upon a prior request for reinstatement filed under [§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a); and
  - (3) Your requests under paragraphs [(b)(1)](#b-1) and [(b)(2)](#b-2) are for the same previous disability entitlement referred to in [§ 404.1592c(a)(2)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a-2).
  - (4) **Examples—**
- (c) We will not pay you a provisional benefit for a month when an applicable nonpayment rule applies. Examples of when we will not pay a benefit include, but are not limited to—
  - (1) If you are a prisoner under [§ 404.468](/cfr/20/404.468.md);
  - (2) If you have been removed/deported under [§ 404.464](/cfr/20/404.464.md); or
  - (3) If you are an alien outside the United States under [§ 404.460](/cfr/20/404.460.md).
- (d) We will not pay you a provisional benefit for any month that is after the earliest of the following months—
  - (1) The month we send you a notice of our determination on your request for reinstatement;
  - (2) The month you do substantial gainful activity;
  - (3) The month before the month you attain full retirement age; or
  - (4) **The fifth month following the month you requested expedited reinstatement.**
- (e) **You are not entitled to provisional benefits if—**
  - (1) Prior to starting your provisional benefits, we determine that you do not meet the requirements for reinstatement under [§§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a); or
  - (2) We determine that your statements on your request for reinstatement, made under [§ 404.1592d(d)(2)](/cfr/20/404.1592d.md?p=d-2), are false.
- (f) Determinations we make regarding your provisional benefits under [paragraphs (a) through (e)](#a..e) of this section are final and are not subject to administrative and judicial review under [subpart J of part 404](/cfr/20/part404-subpartJ.md).
- (g) If you were previously overpaid benefits under title II or title XVI of the Act, we will not recover the overpayment from your provisional benefits unless you give us permission. We can recover Medicare premiums you owe from your provisional benefits.
- (h) If we determine you are not entitled to reinstated benefits, provisional benefits we have already paid you under this section that were made prior to the termination month under [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section will not be subject to recovery as an overpayment unless we determine that you knew, or should have known, you did not meet the requirements for reinstatement in [§ 404.1592c](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md). If we inadvertently pay you provisional benefits when you are not entitled to them because we have already made a determination described in [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section, they will be subject to recover as an overpayment under [subpart F of part 404](/cfr/20/part404-subpartF.md).

# §404.1592f. How do we determine reinstated benefits?

- (a) If you meet the requirements for reinstatement under [§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a), we will then consider in which month to reinstate your entitlement. We will reinstate your entitlement with the earliest month, in the 12-month period that ends with the month before you filed your request for reinstatement, that you would have met all of the requirements under [§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a) if you had filed your request for reinstatement in that month. Otherwise, you will be entitled to reinstated benefits beginning with the month in which you filed your request for such benefits if you did not perform substantial gainful activity in that month. If you performed substantial gainful activity in the month of filing, but are no longer able to perform substantial gainful activity, we will reinstate your benefits with the month after the month you filed your request for reinstatement. We cannot reinstate your entitlement for any month prior to January 2001.
- (b) When your entitlement is reinstated, you are also entitled to Medicare benefits under the provisions of [42 CFR part 406](/cfr/42/part406.md).
- (c) We will compute your reinstated benefit amount and determine benefits payable under the applicable paragraphs of [§§ 404.201 through 404.480](/cfr/20/404.201..404.480.md) with certain exceptions—
  - (1) We will reduce your reinstated benefit due in a month by the amount of the provisional benefit we already paid you for that month. If your provisional benefit paid for a month exceeds the reinstated benefit, we will treat the difference as an overpayment under [§§ 404.501 through 404.527](/cfr/20/404.501..404.527.md).
  - (2) If you are reinstated on your own earnings record, we will compute your primary insurance amount with the same date of onset we used in your most recent period of disability on your earnings record.
- (d) We will not pay you reinstated benefits for any months of substantial gainful activity during your initial reinstatement period. During the initial reinstatement period, the trial work period provisions of [§ 404.1592](/cfr/20/404.1592.md) and the reentitlement period provisions of [§ 404.1592a](/cfr/20/404.1592a.md) do not apply. The initial reinstatement period begins with the month your reinstated benefits begin under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section and ends when you have had 24 payable months of reinstated benefits. We consider you to have a payable month for the purposes of this paragraph when you do not do substantial gainful activity in that month and when the non-payment provisions in [subpart E of part 404](/cfr/20/part404-subpartE.md) also do not apply. If the amount of the provisional benefit already paid you for a month equals or exceeds the amount of the reinstated benefit payable for that month so that no additional payment is due, we will consider that month a payable month. When we determine if you have done substantial gainful activity in a month during the initial reinstatement period, we will consider only your work in, or earnings for, that month. We will not apply the unsuccessful work attempt provisions of §§ [404.1574(c)](/cfr/20/404.1574.md?p=c) and [404.1575(d)](/cfr/20/404.1575.md?p=d) or the averaging of earnings provisions in [§ 404.1574a](/cfr/20/404.1574a.md).
- (e) After you complete the 24-month initial reinstatement period as indicated in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, your subsequent work will be evaluated under the trial work provisions in [§ 404.1592](/cfr/20/404.1592.md) and then the reentitlement period in [§ 404.1592a](/cfr/20/404.1592a.md).
- (f) Your entitlement to reinstated benefits ends with the month before the earliest of the following months—
  - (1) The month an applicable terminating event in [§ 404.301 through 404.389](/cfr/20/404.301..404.389.md) occurs;
  - (2) The month in which you reach retirement age;
  - (3) The third month following the month in which your disability ceases; or
  - (4) **The month in which you die.**
- (g) Determinations we make under §§ 404.1592f are initial determinations under [§ 404.902](/cfr/20/404.902.md) and subject to review under [subpart J of part 404](/cfr/20/part404-subpartJ.md).
- (h) If we determine you are not entitled to reinstated benefits we will consider your request filed under [§ 404.1592c(a)](/cfr/20/404.1592c.md?p=a) your intent to claim benefits under [§ 404.630](/cfr/20/404.630.md).