[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: 20CFR217.7]

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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.  217.7  Claim filed with the Social Security Administration.

    (a) Claim is for life benefits. An application for life benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act is an application for an 
annuity if the conditions either in paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (3) or 
in paragraph (a)(4) of this section are met:
    (1) The application was filed because the applicant did not know he 
or she was eligible for an annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act. 
The Board must have or receive evidence indicating why the applicant 
thought that he or she lacked eligibility for an annuity.
    (2) The claimant would have been entitled to and would currently be 
entitled to an annuity under subpart B or D of part 216 of this chapter 
if the applicant had applied for the annuity on the date the social 
security application was filed.
    (3) The applicant asks the Board in a written statement to consider 
the application for social security benefits as an application for an 
employee or spouse annuity.
    (4) The application was filed because the employee had less than 10 
years of creditable railroad service, and having established entitlement 
to social security benefits and continued working in railroad service, 
subsequently acquired 10 years of railroad service.
    (b) Claim is for death benefits. An application for death benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act is an application for an 
annuity or lump sum if--
    (1) The application is filed based on the death of an employee and 
the Board has jurisdiction for the payment of survivor benefits based on 
the compensation record of the deceased employee; and
    (2) The claimant is eligible for an annuity or a lump-sum death 
payment on the date the application is filed.