My husband is 63, retired but recieves no income does he qualify for the elderly credit

[1rbarajas]

My husband is 63 but has been retired for over 2 years.  He receives no Social Security because he does not want to collect until he is 65 and has chosen no to collect his 401k and has rolled it over to a retirement account to a bank institution.  Does he qualify for the "Elderly Credit"?

[StacyW]

To qualify for the Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled, an individual must meet the following criteria:

You are a qualified individual for this credit if you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, and either of the following applies. 

1. You were age 65 or older at the end of 2018. 

2. You were under age 65 at the end of 2018 and all three of the following statements are true.
  a. You retired on permanent and total disability (explained later).
  b. You received taxable disability income for 2018.
  c. On January 1, 2018, you had not reached mandatory retirement age (defined later under Disability income).

Additional information can be found in the IRS Publication 524 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p524.pdf:(