---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.1005"
title: "20"
number: "408.1005"
heading: "Will we mail you a notice of the initial determination?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.1005"
---

# §408.1005. Will we mail you a notice of the initial determination?

- (a) We will mail a written notice of the initial determination to you at your last known address. Generally, we will not send a notice if your benefits are stopped because of your death, or if the initial determination is a redetermination that your eligibility for benefits and the amount of your benefits have not changed.
- (b) The notice that we send will tell you—
  - (1) What our initial determination is;
  - (2) The reasons for our determination; and
  - (3) **What rights you have to a reconsideration of the determination.**
- (c) If our initial determination is that we must suspend, reduce your SVB payments or terminate your SVB entitlement, the notice will also tell you that you have a right to a reconsideration before the determination takes effect (see [§ 408.820](/cfr/20/408.820.md)).

## Notes

### 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.