[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR217.11]

[Page 233]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 217_APPLICATION FOR ANNUITY OR LUMP SUM--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Applications
 
Sec.  217.11  ``Good cause'' for delay in filing application.

    (a) An applicant has ``good cause'' for a delay in the filing of an 
application for a lump-sum death payment or an annuity unpaid at death, 
as shown in Sec.  217.9(c)(1) and (2), if the delay was due to--
    (1) Circumstances beyond the applicant's control, such as extended 
illiness, mental or physical incapacity, or communication difficulties; 
or
    (2) Incorrect or incomplete information furnished by the Board; or
    (3) Efforts by the applicant to secure evidence without realizing 
that evidence could be submitted after filing an application; or
    (4) Unusual or unavoidable circumstances which show that the 
applicant could not reasonably be expected to have been aware of the 
need to file an application within the set time limit.
    (b) An applicant does not have good cause for a delay in filing if 
he or she was informed of the need to file within the set time limit but 
neglected to do so or decided not to file.