{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.702","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.702","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this subpart:\nApply means to sign a form or statement that the Social Security Administration accepts as an application for benefits under the rules set out in subpart G.\nBenefits means any old-age, disability, dependents' and survivors' insurance benefits described in subpart D, including a period of disability.\nConvincing evidence means one or more pieces of evidence that prove you meet a requirement for eligibility. See § 404.708 for the guides we use in deciding whether evidence is convincing.\nEligible means that a person would meet all the requirements for entitlement to benefits for a period of time but has not yet applied.\nEntitled means that a person has applied and has proven his or her right to benefits for a period of time.\nEvidence means any record, document, or signed statement that helps to show whether you are eligible for benefits or whether you are still entitled to benefits.\nInsured person means someone who has enough earnings under social security to permit the payment of benefits on his or her earnings record. He or she is fully insured, transitionally insured, currently insured, or insured for disability as defined in subpart B.\nParticipating payroll data provider means a payroll data provider that has established an information exchange with us to provide wage and employment information.\nPayroll data provider means payroll providers, wage verification companies, and other commercial or non-commercial entities that collect and maintain information regarding employment and wages.\nWe or Us refers to the Social Security Administration.\nYou refers to the person who has applied for benefits, or the person for whom someone else has applied.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart H—Evidence"],"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":"96b1b5d01dcad8eaa5feca55ca9b9d6dd8a115d1ae67afa28f128ffbd0402783","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.701","next":"us/20-cfr-404.703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}