514.When do disabled widow(er)'s benefits begin?

The first month of your entitlement to disabled widow(er)'s benefits is the latest of the following months:

1. If a waiting period is required, the sixth consecutive full calendar month of disability; or

2. If a waiting period is not required, the first full calendar month of disability;

3. The month your insured spouse died;

4. The twelfth month before the month you applied for benefits (see §1513 for retroactivity of application); or

5. The month you turn 50.

(See §409 for when disabled widow(er)'s benefits end.)

Last Revised: Aug. 5, 2003