[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: 20CFR229.66]



[Page 485]

 

                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 229_SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart G_Reduction for Worker's Compensation or Disability Benefits 

              Under a Federal, State, or Local Law or Plan

 

Sec.  229.66  Changes in reduction amount.



    (a) Change in DIB O/M. The amount of the worker's compensation or 

public disability benefit reduction does not change when there is an 

increase in the DIB O/M rate because of an amendment or cost of living 

increase. However, the reduction amount does change if there is a change 

in the family members included in the DIB O/M. When the number of family 

members changes and the DIB O/M is still payable, the amount of the 

reduction is recomputed using the DIB O/M rate, including the changed 

family group, as if the new family composition had existed when the 

worker's compensation or public disability benefit reduction first 

applied. However, this new reduction is not effective until the date of 

the change of the family group. The worker's compensation or public 

disability benefit and average current earnings are the same as those 

used before the change in the family group.

    (b) Change in amount of worker's compensation/public disability 

benefit. The amount of the reduction for worker's compensation or public 

disability benefit changes when there is a change in the amount of the 

worker's compensation or public disability benefit. If the worker's 

compensation or public disability benefit increases, the change in the 

reduction amount is effective with the month of the increase. If the 

worker's compensation or public disability benefit decreases, the change 

in the reduction amount is effective with the month of the decrease, no 

matter when the notice of the decrease is received.