[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR217.26]

[Page 216]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 217_APPLICATION FOR ANNUITY OR LUMP SUM--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D_Cancellation of Application
 
Sec. 217.26  How to cancel an application.

    An application may be cancelled under the following conditions:
    (a) Before an annuity is awarded. The application may be cancelled 
if--
    (1) The applicant files a written request with the Board at a place 
described in Sec. 217.15 asking that the application be cancelled or 
stating that he or she wants to withdraw the application;
    (2) The claimant is alive on the date the written request is filed 
or the claimant is deceased and the rights of no person other than the 
person requesting the cancellation will be adversely affected; and
    (3) The applicant files the written request on or before the date 
the annuity is awarded.
    (b) After an annuity is awarded. The application may be cancelled 
if--
    (1) The conditions in paragraph (a)(1) and (2) of this section are 
met;
    (2) Any other person who would lose benefits because of the 
cancellation consents to the cancellation in writing; and
    (3) All annuity payments already made based on the application being 
cancelled are repaid or will be recovered.