{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-420","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 420","heading":"Disability provisions inapplicable if benefit rights impaired","body":"None of the provisions of this subchapter relating to periods of disability shall apply in any case in which their application would result in the denial of monthly benefits or a lump-sum death payment which would otherwise be payable under this subchapter; nor shall they apply in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment under this subchapter if such benefit or payment would be greater without their application.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 7—SOCIAL SECURITY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"24bdbd5299c3502010a065b3743d91fe68632afa8a5717c42b47e63d9cc25e10","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-419","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-421"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}