In determining if you are fully insured for purposes of paragraph (b), (c), (d), or (e) of § 404.130 on disability insured status, we use the fully insured status requirements in § 404.110, but apply the following rules in determining when the period of elapsed years ends:
If you are a woman, or a man born after January 1, 1913, the period of elapsed years in § 404.110(b) used in determining the number of quarters of coverage (QCs) you need to be fully insured ends as of the earlier of—
The year you become age 62; or
The year in which—
Your period of disability begins;
Your waiting period begins (see § 404.315(d)); or
You become entitled to disability insurance benefits (if you do not have to serve a waiting period).
If you are a man born before January 2, 1913, the period of elapsed years in § 404.110(b) used in determining the number of QCs you need to be fully insured ends as of the earlier of—
The year 1975; or
The year specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.