---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.252"
title: "20"
number: "404.252"
heading: "Subsequent entitlement to benefits 12 months or more after entitlement to disability benefits ended."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.252"
---

# §404.252. Subsequent entitlement to benefits 12 months or more after entitlement to disability benefits ended.


In this situation, we compute your second-entitlement primary insurance amount by selecting the higher of the following:

- (a) **New primary insurance amount.** The primary insurance amount computed as of the time of your second entitlement under any of the computation methods for which you qualify at the time of your second entitlement; or
- (b) **Previous primary insurance amount.** The primary insurance amount to which you were entitled in the last month for which you were entitled to a disability insurance benefit.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202(a), 205(a), 215, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(a), 405(a), 415, and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 30734, July 15, 1982, unless otherwise noted.