[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: 20CFR229.66]

[Page 487]
 
                      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.