---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.999a"
title: "20"
number: "416.999a"
heading: "Who is eligible for expedited reinstatement?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.999a"
---

# §416.999a. Who is eligible for expedited reinstatement?

- (a) **You can have your eligibility to benefits reinstated under expedited reinstatement if—**
  - (1) You were previously eligible for a benefit based on disability or blindness as explained in [§ 416.202](/cfr/20/416.202.md);
  - (2) Your disability or blindness eligibility referred to in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section was terminated because of earned income or a combination of earned and unearned income;
  - (3) You file your request for reinstatement timely under [§ 416.999b](/cfr/20/416.999b.md); and
  - (4) **In the month you file your request for reinstatement—**
    - (i) You are not able or become unable to do substantial gainful activity because of your medical condition as determined under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
    - (ii) Your current impairment is the same as or related to the impairment that we used as the basis for your previous eligibility referred to in [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section,
    - (iii) You are disabled or blind, as determined under the medical improvement review standard in §§ [416.994](/cfr/20/416.994.md) or [416.994a](/cfr/20/416.994a.md), and
    - (iv) You meet the non-medical requirements for eligibility as explained in [§ 416.202](/cfr/20/416.202.md).
- (b) You are eligible for reinstatement if you are the spouse of an individual who can be reinstated under § 416.999a if—
  - (1) You were previously an eligible spouse of the individual;
  - (2) You meet the requirements for eligibility as explained in [§ 416.202](/cfr/20/416.202.md) except the requirement that you must file an application; and
  - (3) **You request reinstatement.**
- (c) We will determine that you are not able to do substantial gainful activity because of your medical condition, under [paragraph (a)(4)(i)](#a-4-i) of this section, when:
  - (1) You certify under [§ 416.999b(e)](/cfr/20/416.999b.md?p=e) that you are unable to do substantial gainful activity because of your medical condition;
  - (2) You are not able or become unable to do substantial gainful activity in the month you file your request for reinstatement; and
  - (3) **We determine that you are disabled under paragraph (a)(4)(iii) of this section.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 57144, Sept. 30, 2005, as amended at 81 FR 71370, Oct. 17, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 421(m), 902(a)(5), 1382, 1382c, 1382h, 1383, and 1383b; secs. 4(c) and 5, 6(c)-(e), 14(a), and 15, Pub. L. 98-460, 98 Stat. 1794, 1801, 1802, and 1808 (42 U.S.C. 421 note, 423 note, and 1382h note).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 55621, Aug. 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 57144, Sept. 30, 2005, as amended at 81 FR 71370, Oct. 17, 2016]