The disease agents or parasites that cause these zoonotic diseases can be contracted from wildlife directly by bites or contamination, or indirectly through the bite of arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and mites that have previously fed on an infected animal.
This number is used to determine your final Social Security retirement benefit. As this calculation is based on an average if you have a zero as one of the numbers, it will pull the average down. To increase your Social Security benefits make sure you have a full 35 years of work history. Use Delayed Retirement Credits. Want to increase your Social Security retirement income by 25% or more? Wait to apply for benefits until age 70 and you will accumulate delayed retirement credits. These credits apply because once you reach full retirement age (FRA) your benefits do not cap out. FRA is determined by your date of birth.
PIA determines the monthly Social Security benefit that will be received in the first year of benefits by a worker who starts benefits at full (or normal) retirement age. Full retirement age is 66 for individuals born between 1943 and 1954; it increases by two months each year for those born after 1954 and becomes 67 for those born in 1960 and thereafter.