---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.310"
title: "20"
number: "404.310"
heading: "When am I entitled to old-age benefits?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.310"
---

# §404.310. When am I entitled to old-age benefits?


We will find you entitled to old-age benefits if you meet the following three conditions:

- (a) You are at least 62 years old;
- (b) You have enough social security earnings to be fully insured as defined in [§§ 404.110 through 404.115](/cfr/20/404.110..404.115.md); and
- (c) You apply; or you are entitled to disability benefits up to the month you attain full retirement age (as defined in [§ 404.409](/cfr/20/404.409.md)). When you attain full retirement age, your disability benefits automatically become old-age benefits.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 4702, Jan. 30, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202, 203(a) and (b), 205(a), 216, 223, 225, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402, 403(a) and (b), 405(a), 416, 423, 425, and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 34481, June 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 4702, Jan. 30, 2003]