20 CFR 404.242
§ 404.242 Use of old-start primary insurance amount as guaranteed alternative.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 404.242, § 404.242 Use of old-start primary insurance amount as guaranteed alternative, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/78171
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If your primary insurance amount as computed under the old-start method is higher than your primary insurance amount computed under the average-monthly-wage method, your old-start primary insurance amount will serve as the guaranteed alternative to your primary insurance amount computed under the average-indexed-monthly-earnings method, as described in § 404.230. However, earnings that you have in or after the year you reach age 62, or become disabled or die before age 62 are not used in an old-start computation in this situation.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.