[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR404.242]

[Page 85]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 404_FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950	 )
--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C_Computing Primary Insurance Amounts
 
Sec. 404.242  Use of old-start primary insurance amount as guaranteed 
alternative.

    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 Sec. 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.