{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.1340","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.1340","heading":"Wage credits for World War II and post-World War II veterans.","body":"In determining your entitlement to, and the amount of, your monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment based on your active service during the World War II period or the post-World War II period, and for establishing a period of disability as discussed in §§ 404.132 and 404.133, we add the (deemed) amount of $160 for each month during a part of which you were in the active service as described in § 404.1312 or § 404.1322. For example, if you were in active service from October 11, 1942, through August 10, 1943, we add the (deemed) amount of $160 for October 1942 and August 1943 as well as November 1942 through July 1943. The amount of wage credits that are added in a calendar year cannot cause the total amount credited to your earnings record to exceed the annual earnings limitation explained in §§ 404.1047 and 404.1096(b).","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart N—Wage Credits for Veterans and Members of the Uniformed Services"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"72d0052b6f769746326b10229bc224d38b0142357a5624be185d2c6dbf654f6c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.1330","next":"us/20-cfr-404.1341"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}