[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: 20CFR217.5]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

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

 

                         Subpart B_Applications

 

Sec.  217.5  When an application is a claim for an annuity or lump sum.





    An application is a claim for an annuity or lump sum if it meets all 

of the following conditions:

    (a) It is on an application form completed and filed with the Board 

as described in Sec.  217.6;



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    (b) It is signed by the claimant or by someone described in Sec.  

217.17 who can sign the application for the claimant;

    (c) It is filed with the Board on or before the date of death of the 

claimant. (See Sec.  217.10 for limited exceptions.)



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

3220-0002)



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