---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.1003"
title: "20"
number: "408.1003"
heading: "Which administrative actions are initial determinations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.1003"
---

# §408.1003. Which administrative actions are initial determinations?


Initial determinations regarding SVB include, but are not limited to, determinations about—

- (a) Whether you qualify for SVB;
- (b) Whether you are entitled to receive SVB payments on the basis of your residence outside the United States;
- (c) The amount of your SVB payments;
- (d) Suspension or reduction of your SVB payments;
- (e) Termination of your SVB entitlement;
- (f) Whether an overpayment of benefits must be repaid to us;
- (g) Whether payments will be made, on your behalf, to a representative payee, unless you are legally incompetent;
- (h) Who will act as your payee if we determine that representative payment will be made;
- (i) A claim for benefits under [§ 408.351](/cfr/20/408.351.md) based on alleged misinformation; and
- (j) Our calculation of the amount of change in your federally administered State recognition payment amount (i.e., a reduction, suspension, or termination) which results from a mass change as defined in [§ 408.1001](/cfr/20/408.1001.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004; 69 FR 45586, July 30, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5) and 809 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5) and 1009).

### Source

Source: 69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004; 69 FR 45586, July 30, 2004]