---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.202"
title: "20"
number: "408.202"
heading: "How do you qualify for SVB?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.202"
---

# §408.202. How do you qualify for SVB?


You qualify for SVB if you meet all of the following requirements.

- (a) **Age.** You were age 65 or older on December 14, 1999 (the date on which Pub. L. 106-169 was enacted into law).
- (b) **World War II veteran.** You are a World War II veteran as explained in [§ 408.216](/cfr/20/408.216.md).
- (c) **SSI eligible.** You were eligible for SSI, as explained in [§ 408.218](/cfr/20/408.218.md), for both December 1999 (the month in which Pub. L. 106-169 was enacted into law) and for the month in which you file your application for SVB.
- (d) **Application.** You file an application for SVB as explained in subpart C of this part.
- (e) **Other benefit income.** You do not have other benefit income, as explained in [§ 408.220](/cfr/20/408.220.md), which is equal to, or more than, 75 percent of the current FBR.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 801, 802, 803, 804, 806, 810 and 1129A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1006, 1010 and 1320a-8a); Sec. 251, Pub. L. 106-169, 113 Stat. 1844.

### Source

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