---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.2115"
title: "20"
number: "404.2115"
heading: "When services must have been provided."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.2115"
---

# §404.2115. When services must have been provided.

- (a) In order for the VR agency to be paid, the services must have been provided—
  - (1) After September 30, 1981;
  - (2) No earlier than the beginning of the waiting period or the first month of entitlement, if no waiting period is required; and
  - (3) Before completion of a continuous 9-month period of SGA or termination of entitlement to disability benefits, whichever occurs first.
- (b) If an individual who is entitled to disability benefits under this part also is or has been receiving disability or blindness benefits under [part 416](/cfr/20/part416.md) of this chapter, the determination as to when services must have been provided may be made under this section or [§ 416.2215](/cfr/20/416.2215.md) of this chapter, whichever is advantageous to the State VR agency that is participating in both VR programs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 8455, Mar. 8, 1990, as amended at 61 FR 31025, June 19, 1996; 83 FR 62457, Dec. 4, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 205(a), 222, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(a), 422, and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 6293, Feb. 10, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 8455, Mar. 8, 1990, as amended at 61 FR 31025, June 19, 1996; 83 FR 62457, Dec. 4, 2018]