20 CFR 404.240
§ 404.240 Old-start method—general.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 404.240, § 404.240 Old-start method—general, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/78169
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If you had all or substantially all your social security earnings before 1951, your primary insurance amount computed under the “1977 simplified old-start” method may be higher than any other primary insurance amount computed for you under any other method for which you are eligible. As explained in § 404.242, if you reach age 62 after 1978, your primary insurance amount computed under the old-start method is used, for purposes of the guaranteed alternative described in § 404.230, if the old-start primary insurance amount is higher than the one found under the average-monthly-wage method. We may use a modified computation, as explained in § 404.243, if you are entitled to a pension based on your employment which was not covered by Social Security.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.