---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.311"
title: "20"
number: "404.311"
heading: "When does my entitlement to old-age benefits begin and end?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.311"
---

# §404.311. When does my entitlement to old-age benefits begin and end?

- (a) We will find you entitled to old-age benefits beginning with:
  - (1) If you have attained full retirement age (as defined in [§ 404.409](/cfr/20/404.409.md)), the first month covered by your application in which you meet all requirements for entitlement; or
  - (2) If you have attained age 62, but have not attained full retirement age (as defined in [§ 404.409](/cfr/20/404.409.md)), the first month covered by your application throughout which you meet all requirements for entitlement.
- (b) We will find your entitlement to old-age benefits ends with the month before the month you die.

## 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]