---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1002"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1002"
heading: "Qualified individuals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1002"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Social Security"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Special Benefits for Certain World War Ii Veterans"
---

# §1002. Qualified individuals


Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, an individual—

- (1) who has attained the age of 65 on or before December 14, 1999;
- (2) who is a [World War II veteran](/usc/42/1012.md?p=1);
- (3) who is eligible for a [supplemental security income benefit under subchapter XVI](/usc/42/1012.md?p=3) for—
  - (A) the month in which this subchapter is enacted; and
  - (B) the month in which the individual files an application for benefits under this subchapter;
- (4) whose total [benefit income](/usc/42/1012.md?p=6) is less than 75 percent of the [Federal benefit rate under subchapter XVI](/usc/42/1012.md?p=4);
- (5) who has filed an application for benefits under this subchapter; and
- (6) who is in compliance with all requirements imposed by the Commissioner of [Social](/usc/42/1397j.md?p=20) Security under this subchapter,

shall be a qualified individual for purposes of this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VIII, § 802, as added Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 251(a), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1844.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

For prior provisions, see note set out under section 1001 of this title.