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This booklet
contains important information regarding your railroad
retirement annuity, including information you will need
to know in order to complete your application. We recommend
that you read it before you start filling out your application.
Your railroad retirement annuity is affected by certain
"events" that may occur. A description of these events and an
explanation of how you should report them is covered in the
booklet
RB-9s, Events That
Affect A Survivor Annuity. Because these events can take
place any time after you receive your annuity payments, you
should keep this booklet and the RB-9s booklet for future
reference. Remember, these events can affect the amount of your
payments and whether or not you are eligible to receive them for
certain months.
In this booklet, and on the application, these terms are used
in the following ways:
- Employee - the person who worked for the railroad.
- Applicant - the person who is applying to receive an
annuity based on the employee's railroad work.
- Widow(er) - the employee's widow, widower, or surviving
divorced spouse who may be eligible to receive a widow(er)'s
annuity.
- Spouse - a person entitled to a spouse annuity or divorced
spouse annuity in the month the employee died.
- Full Retirement Age - the age at which you become
eligible to receive a full, unreduced for age, annuity.
- For widow(er) type annuitants born January 1, 1940, and
earlier, full retirement age is 65.
- For widow(er) type annuitants born January 2, 1940, and
later, with annuity beginning dates of January 1, 2000, and
later, full retirement age is based on the year of birth as
shown below.
If your year of birth is:
|
Then your Full Retirement
Age is: |
1-2-40 through 1-1-41
1-2-41 through 1-1-42
1-2-42 through 1-1-43
1-2-43 through 1-1-44
1-2-44 through 1-1-45
1-2-45 through 1-1-57
1-2-57 through 1-1-58
1-2-58 through 1-1-59
1-2-59 through 1-1-60
1-2-60 through 1-1-61
1-2-61 through 1-1-62
1-2-62 or later |
65 and 2 months
65 and 4 months
65 and 6 months
65 and 8 months
65 and 10 months
66
66 and 2 months
66 and 4 months
66 and 6 months
66 and 8 months
66 and 10 months
67 |
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