[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]



[Page 448-449]

 

                      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.