20 CFR § 218.7 - When chosen annuity beginning date is more than three months after filing date.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s218.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 218.7 - When chosen annuity beginning date is more than three months after filing date."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "218.7"
section_name: "When chosen annuity beginning date is more than three months after filing date."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "218"
part_name: "ANNUITY BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5)."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 30725, July 24, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "218"
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# 218.7 When chosen annuity beginning date is more than three months after filing date.
If the applicant for any type of annuity other than a disability annuity, or a spouse annuity based upon the disabled applicant's compensation, chooses an annuity beginning date in a month which is more than three months after the date the application is filed, the Board will deny the application as explained in part 217 of this chapter. The applicant must file a new application no earlier than three months before the month he or she wants the annuity to begin.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 3220-0002, 3220-0030 and 3220-0042)