[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: 20CFR217.5]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 217_APPLICATION FOR ANNUITY OR LUMP SUM--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Applications
 
Sec.  217.5  When an application is a claim for an annuity or lump sum.


    An application is a claim for an annuity or lump sum if it meets all 
of the following conditions:
    (a) It is on an application form completed and filed with the Board 
as described in Sec.  217.6;

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    (b) It is signed by the claimant or by someone described in Sec.  
217.17 who can sign the application for the claimant;
    (c) It is filed with the Board on or before the date of death of the 
claimant. (See Sec.  217.10 for limited exceptions.)

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
3220-0002)

[47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 11017, Apr. 6, 1987]