[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: 20CFR220.15]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 220_DETERMINING DISABILITY--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Disability Under the Railroad Retirement Act for Work in an 
                 Employee's Regular Railroad Occupation
 
Sec. 220.15  Effects of work on occupational disability.

    (a) Disability onset when the employee works despite impairment. An 
employee who has stopped work in his or her regular occupation due to a 
permanent physical or mental impairment(s) may make an effort to return 
to work in his or her regular occupation. If the employee is 
subsequently forced to stop that work after a short time because of his 
or her impairment(s), the Board will generally consider that work as an 
unsuccessful work attempt. In this situation, the Board may determine 
that the employee became disabled for work in his or her regular 
occupation before the last date the employee worked in his or her 
regular occupation. No annuity will be payable, however, until after the 
last date worked.
    (b) Occupational disability annuitant work restrictions. The 
restrictions which apply to an annuitant who is disabled for work in his 
or her regular occupation are found in Sec. Sec. 220.160 through 
220.164.