[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: 20CFR235.3]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 235_PAYMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS BY THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 

BOARD--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  235.3  Who is paid social security benefits by the Board.



    The following individuals, if entitled to social security benefits, 

are paid such benefits by the Board:

    (a) A railroad employee who has been credited with at least 120 

months of railroad service;

    (b) A wife or husband of a railroad employee who has been credited 

with at least 120 months of railroad service;

    (c) A divorced wife or husband of a railroad employee who has been 

credited with at least 120 months of railroad service, but only if the 

divorced wife or husband is claiming social security benefits based upon 

the railroad employee's social security wages;

    (d) A survivor of a railroad employee, including a surviving 

divorced spouse, remarried widow(er), surviving divorced mother or 

father, who is entitled, or upon application would be entitled, to an 

annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act;

    (e) Any other person entitled to benefits under title II of the 

Social Security Act based on the social security wages of a railroad 

employee who has been credited with at least 120 months of railroad 

service, except survivors of a railroad employee when the Social 

Security Administration has jurisdiction for survivor benefits. See part 

221 of this title.