[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: 20CFR228.10]

[Page 450]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 228_COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_The Tier I Annuity Component
 
Sec. 228.10  Computation of the tier I annuity component for a widow(er), 
disabled widow(er), remarried widow(er), and a surviving divorced spouse.


    The tier I annuity component for these beneficiaries is generally 
based on the survivor tier I Primary Insurance Amount (PIA). The 
survivor tier I PIA is determined in accordance with section 215 of the 
Social Security Act using the deceased employee's combined railroad and 
social security earnings after 1950 (or after 1936 if a higher PIA would 
result) up to the maximum creditable amounts through the year of the 
employee's death. See part 225 of this chapter. This amount may be 
further adjusted for certain reductions or deductions as described in 
Sec. Sec. 228.15-228.20 of this part and is subject to the family 
maximum. See Sec. 228.14 of this part.