---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 418.1210"
title: "20"
number: "418.1210"
heading: "What is not a major life-changing event?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/418.1210"
---

# §418.1210. What is not a major life-changing event?


We will not consider events other than those described in [§ 418.1205](/cfr/20/418.1205.md) to be major life-changing events. Certain types of events are not considered major life-changing events for the purposes of this subpart, such as:

- (a) Events that affect your expenses, but not your income; or
- (b) **Events that result in the loss of dividend income because of the ordinary risk of investment.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 62931, Oct. 27, 2006, as amended at 75 FR 41086, July 15, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5) and 1839(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5) and 1395r(i)).

### Source

Source: 71 FR 62931, Oct. 27, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 77675, Dec. 30, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 62931, Oct. 27, 2006, as amended at 75 FR 41086, July 15, 2010]