20 CFR § 229.22 - Beginning date of increase under overall minimum.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s229.22"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 229.22 - Beginning date of increase under overall minimum."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "229.22"
section_name: "Beginning date of increase under overall minimum."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "229"
part_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE"
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. 231(f)(b)(5)."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 53397, Oct. 15, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "229"
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# 229.22 Beginning date of increase under overall minimum.
(a) *Employee age O/M.* An increase under the overall minimum in an employee annuity based on age can be paid beginning with the later of:
(1) The first day of the first full month throughout which the employee is age 62; or
(2) The beginning date of the employee's age or disability annuity; or
(3) The first month of the quarter in which the employee becomes insured under section 214 or 227 of the Social Security Act based on railroad and social security earnings; or
(4) The month the employee attains retirement age, if a DIB O/M was paid in the previous month. A DIB O/M is changed to an age O/M in the month the employee attains retirement age.
(b) *Employee DIB O/M.* An increase under the overall minimum in an employee annuity based on disability can be paid beginning with the later of—
(1) The beginning date of the employee's disability annuity; or
(2) The month after the month in which the disability waiting period described in § 404.315(d) of this title ends; or
(3) If no disability waiting period is required, the first month in which the employee is disabled and is insured for a disability benefit under § 404.130 of this title.
(c) *Spouse.* An increase in a spouse annuity under the overall minimum can be paid on the later of:
(1) The date the increase in the employee's annuity is paid; or
(2) The date the spouse is both eligible under the O/M and entitled to a spouse annuity.