# One Missing Year on Your Social Security Record Can Shrink Your Check for Life

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-18T14:00:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/social-security-earnings-record/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/one-missing-year-on-your-social-security-record-can-shrink-your-check--bfee12/

Records go wrong in ordinary ways, like a W-2 filed under a misspelled name or a mistyped Social Security number, or a name change after a marriage or divorce that never reached Social Security. Either way, the pay can go... Source

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