Excerpted from "Social Security Handbook". See the up-to-date, official Social Security Handbook at ssa.gov.

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Absence from U.S., SSI, §2116

Absence from U.S., alien nonpayment provisions, §1843

Accidental death, exception to 9-month duration-of-marriage requirement, §404

Accounting by representative payee, discontinuance, §1622

Accrued benefits, unpaid, §1900

Acknowledgment of children, §324, §327, §1709

Active duty (military), §§950-951

Active duty pay, coverage, §1305

Actual or constructive payments, §1302

Additional penalty conviction for subversive activities, §§1837-1840

Address, reporting change for mailing of check, §124

Adjustment against current and future benefits, overpayment, §1909

Adjustment for family maximum benefits, §§731-732

Adjustment of reduction factor at FRA, §728

Administration of Social Security programs, §109

Administrative actions, distinguished, §2003

Administrative actions which are not initial determinations, SSI, §2190

Administrative appeals process:

ALJ actions, §2008
ALJ's decision, §2012
appeals process, §§2007-2014
appeals review, §2013
claimant's representative, §§2017-2018
extension of time for filing request for reconsideration, hearing or review, §2015
hearing notices, §2009
pre/post hearing conferences, §2010
reconsideration, §§2000-2005
reopening and revision of determination or decision, supplemental security income (SSI), §2197
Social Security Office assistance, §2011
time limit for reopening determinations, §2001, §2016

Administrative finality, §2001

Administrative policy with respect to appointment of representative payees, §§1600-1601

Administrative responsibilities in administering the Social Security program, §109

Administrative review process:

defined, §2000
prehearing or posthearing conference, §2010
State's assessment, disallowance, credit or refund, §1019

Administrator, §1903

Administrator of estates, trade or business, §1114

Administrator Law Judge, locations, §110

Adopted child:

deemed stepchild, §332
dependency, §334
dependent upon insured parent, §334
effective date of adoption decree, §329
inheritance rights, §330
legal, §§329-337, §1713
legal adoption defined, §329
past indebtedness, §1619
proof, §1713
State law test, §328
step-relationships, §§331-332
termination of benefits, §340

Adult beneficiary (representative payee):

ability to manage benefits, §§1613-1614
advance notice of proposed actions, §1611
conservation of funds, §1619
current needs and maintenance, §1617
evidence of capability of beneficiary, §1614
evidence of incapability of beneficiary, §1604, §1606
legal guardian appointed, beneficiary adjudged incompetent, §1605
past indebtedness, §1618
payee preference guide, §1609
payments made directly to beneficiary over age 18, §1603
proper use of benefits, §1616
responsibilities of payee, §1616
transfer of funds, §1622

Advance filing of applications for benefits, §§1502-1503

Advance payment of wages, §1309, §1320

Advancing age, capacity to work, §609

Against equity and good conscience, recovery of overpayment, §1919

Age, education, and work experience, disability evaluation, §608

Age, proof required, §§1704-1706

Age 62:

quarters of coverage required, §204
reduced benefits, §302, §§723-729
reduction factors adjustment, widow(er), §728
retirement insurance requirements, §301
spouse's insurance benefits, §119, §305, §311, §322

Age 65:

blind or disabled, SSI, §126
hospital and medical insurance protection, §127, §1500
period of disability ends, §511
prescription drug benefit, §128, §1500, §2400
reduced spouse's benefits, §320
reduced widow(er)'s benefits, §407
reduction factor adjustment, §728
SSI, §2102

Age 72, special monthly cash payment entitlement, §119, §211, §§346-348

Aged, blind or disabled, SSI, §§2100-2102

Agent-drivers or Commission-drivers, §827

Agents, SSI, §2146

Agreement for farm rental, §1222

Agreement to cover foreign affiliates, §965

Agricultural inspectors, State and local employment, §1005

Agricultural labor (coverage):

cash-pay test, §§901-902
commodities listed, §905
cotton ginning, §911
cultivation of soil, raising or harvesting of commodities, §906
cultivating, raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodities, §904
domestic service, defined, §916
domestic service in a private home for profit, §915
farm defined, §903
farm crew workers and leaders, §831
foreign workers admitted to U.S. on temporary basis, §914
nonbusiness work on a farm operated for profit, §924
operating, managing, maintaining farm, §909
processing or packaging commodities, §913
production and harvesting of crude gum, §910
quarters of coverage, cash-pay test, §214
raising and harvesting, terms, §§906-908
sharefarm arrangement, §§1119-1121
types, §909
water system upkeep, §912

Aliens:

child's benefits, §339, §413
foreign students, exchange visitors, and international cultural exchange visitors, §939
mother's or father's benefits reduced, §419
parent's benefits nonpayable for some months, §426
spouse's benefits, §321
SSI, §2115
widow(er)'s benefits, §408
work performed under Immigration and Nationality Act, §939

Alien nonpayment provisions:

absence from U.S., §505
absence from U.S. for 30 full consecutive days, §1844
accrued benefits, restricted countries, §1849
beneficiary outside U.S. 6 months or more, §1843
countries restricted, §505, §§1847-1848
countries with pension systems, §1845
exceptions, §1843, §1845
exception limitations, §1846
limitations on use of certain exceptions, §1846
lump-sum death payment, §429, §1843, §1847
outside the U.S., 6-months or more, §1843
period of absence, §1844
retirement insurance benefits, §303

ALJ's decision, §2012

Allied armed forces services:

noncontributory military wage credits, §957
before 1957, gratuitous military wage credits, §1307

Alternative definitions of disability, §512

American employer defined, §962

American Samoa, coverage, §966

American vessel or aircraft defined, §961

Annual earnings test (see Earnings test)

Annual exempt amounts, §1803

Annual report of earnings:

additional reports, when required, §1822
beginning or stopping employment, §522
deadline for filing, §1815
exempt amounts, §1803
extension of time for filing, §§1816-1817
failure to file, good cause, §§1832-1833
failure to file timely, §§1819-1821
filing requirements, §1814
information required, §1818
payment of partial benefit, §1806
request for extension of time for filing, §1817

Annuity plan payments, §1316

Apartment house, private home, §917

Apartments or rooms, rental income, §1216

Appeal levels, §526

Appeal levels, IRMAA, §2508

Appeals Council process, §§2013-2014

Appeals Council review, SSI, §2194

Appeals Council review, SVB, §2725

Appeals office, purpose, §110

Appeals process, IRMAA, §2508

Appeals process, SSI, §2191

Appeals process, SVB, §2622

Applicant outside U.S., application or enrollment for benefits, §103

Application for Exemption from Social Security Taxes Income and Waiver of Benefits, IRS Form 4029, §1129

Application for Exemption from Self-Employment Tax for Use by Ministers, Members of Religious Orders, and Christian Science Practitioners, Form 4361, §1131

Application for a Social Security Card, Form SS-5, §101, §1404

Applications:

answering questions, §1511
by guardian, committee or legal representative, §1501
child's, §323
child's reentitlement to benefits, §341
completion, §§1511-1512
date of effectiveness, §1502
delayed filing result, §1504
disabled worker's, §509, §602, §1502
divorced spouse's, §311
false statements, penal provisions, §142
filing, §1500
food stamp program, SSI, §2108
good cause for extension of time limit, §§1518-1519
help in completing, §1512
individuals nearing retirement age, §1503
lump-sum death payments, §433, §§1517-1519
Medicaid, SSI, §2107
Medicare prescription drug costs, extra help with, §103, §1500
medical evidence, §§614-615
medical insurance benefits, §103
Medicare prescription drug benefit, §1500, §2400
missing in action, Form DD-1300 (Report of Casualty), used as intent to claim benefits, §1509
prerequisites, §§1508-1509
processing, §105
proof of support, time limit for filing, §1520
retirement insurance benefits, §301, §1502
retroactive entitlement, §301, §§1513-1514
right to withdraw, §§1515-1516
scope of application, §1510
signature, written or signed by mark and witnessed, §1511
special monthly cash payments, age 72, §347
spouse's, §305
survivors insurance benefits, §1502
when considered filed, §1507, §1509
where to file, §§1505-1506
who must execute, §1501
widow(er)'s benefits, §401, §405
wife's, §305
written statement requesting benefits acceptable, §1509