[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: 20CFR217.10]



[Page 230-231]

 

                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 217_APPLICATION FOR ANNUITY OR LUMP SUM--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart B_Applications

 

Sec.  217.10  Application filed after death.



    (a) A survivor eligible for an annuity or lump sum under this 

chapter may file an application to establish a period of disability if 

the employee dies before filing an application for a disability annuity. 

A period of disability is defined in part 220 of this chapter. The 

application must be filed within three months after the month the 

employee died.

    (b) A person who could receive payment for the estate of a person 

who paid the burial expenses of the deceased employee may file an 

application if the person who paid the burial



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expenses dies before applying for the lump-sum death payment under part 

234 of this chapter. The application must be filed within the two-year 

period shown in Sec.  217.9 (c)(1).

    (c) A widow(er) or surviving divorced spouse may file an application 

for a spouse or divorced spouse annuity after the death of the employee 

if the widower(er) or surviving divorced spouse was eligible for a 

spouse or divorced spouse annuity in any month before the month the 

employee died. The spouse or divorced spouse annuity is payable from the 

beginning date set forth in part 218 of this chapter.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 

3220-0031 and 3220-0032)



[47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 11017, Apr. 6, 1987; 54 

FR 13364, Apr. 3, 1989]