[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 469]

 

                      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.