[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: 20CFR217.2]



[Page 227]

 

                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

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

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  217.2  Definitions.



    The following definitions are used in this part:

    Applicant means a person who signs an application for an annuity or 

lump sum for himself or herself or for some other person.

    Application refers only to a form described in Sec.  217.6.

    Apply or file means to sign a form or statement that the Railroad 

Retirement Board accepts as an application.

    Award means to process a form to make a payment. An annuity is 

awarded on the date the payment form is processed.

    Claimant means a person who files for an annuity or lump sum for 

himself or herself or the person for whom an application is filed.