[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: 20CFR225.23]

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                      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. 225.23  Combined Earnings PIA used in survivor annuities.

    The Combined Earnings PIA used in survivor annuities may be used in 
computing the tier II component when the survivor tier II is based on a 
percentage of the employee annuity tier II and the employee had been or 
would be, if he or she were still alive, entitled to a vested dual 
benefit. If the employee received a retirement annuity before death, 
this PIA is identical to the retirement Combined Earnings Dual Benefit 
PIA described in subpart B of this part. If a retirement annuity was not 
paid before the employee's death, the PIA is determined as if the 
employee were 65 years old in the month of his or her death. The 
Combined Earnings PIA used in survivor annuities is determined in 
accordance with section 215 of the Social Security Act as in effect on 
December 31, 1974. It is computed using the deceased employee's combined 
railroad and social security earnings after

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1950 (or after 1936 if a higher PIA would result) through December 31, 
1974.