[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: 20CFR217.30]

[Page 216]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 217_APPLICATION FOR ANNUITY OR LUMP SUM--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart E_Denial of Application
 
Sec. 217.30  Reasons for denial of application.


    The Board will deny each application filed by or for an employee, 
spouse or survivor for one or more of the following reasons:
    (a) The claimant does not meet the eligibility requirements for an 
annuity or lump sum under this chapter.
    (b) The applicant does not submit the evidence required under this 
chapter to establish eligibility for an annuity or lump sum.
    (c) The applicant files an application more than three months before 
the date on which the eligible person's benefit can begin except if the 
application is for an employee disability annuity or for a spouse 
annuity filed simultaneously with the employee's disability annuity 
application.

[47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 42714, June 25, 2002]