[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: 20CFR225.20]

[Page 429]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 225_PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT DETERMINATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_PIA's Used in Computing Survivor Annuities and the Amount of 
                      the Residual Lump-Sum Payable
 
Sec. 225.20  General.


    The Survivor Tier I PIA and the Employee RIB PIA are used in 
computing the tier I component of a survivor annuity. The Combined 
Earnings PIA, Social Security Earnings PIA and Railroad Earnings PIA may 
be used in computing a vested dual benefit offset in the survivor tier 
II component when the survivor tier II is based on a percentage of the 
employee annuity tier II. In addition, these three PIA's are identical 
to those dual benefit PIA's used in computing an employee retirement 
annuity, as described in subpart B of this part, when the employee died 
after being entitled to an annuity. Survivor annuity computations are 
discussed in part 228 of this chapter. The Residual Lump-Sum PIA (RLS 
PIA) is used in computing the amount of the residual lump-sum payable 
when retirement annuity payments were made, as explained in part 234 of 
this chapter.