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Annuity Based on Total Disability

 

 

 
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  • Age Requirement
  • Full Retirement Age (FRA)
  • Annuity Based on Occupational Disability
  • Regular Railroad Occupation
  • Annuity Based on Total Disability
  • Substantial Gainful Activity
  • Stop Railroad Employment
  • Supplemental Annuity
  • Regular Current Connection
  • Deemed Current Connection
  • Tier I Deductions for Nonrailroad Earnings
  • Any earnings can have an effect on disability annuities.
Annuity Based on Total Disability

 

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You must file an application to receive a railroad retirement total and permanent disability annuity. Under the law, a disability annuity cannot begin earlier than the first day of the sixth full month following the month in which disability onset occurs.

You may be eligible for a tier I component based on total disability at any age if you:  

  1. are Permanently Disabled for all possible types of work. Employees are considered to be Permanently Disabled if they qualify for a Disability Freeze under SSA rules and the impairment is expected to last at least 12 months or result in death . (See Booklet RB-1D Employee Disability Benefits for an explanation of a Disability Freeze.  The Disability Freeze cannot be deemed.) ; and,
  2. have stopped any Substantial Gainful Activity ; and,
  3. meet the railroad service requirement.  You must either:
     
    1. have at least 120 months of creditable railroad service; or,
    2. have at least 60 months of creditable railroad service after 1995.  

If you have at least 120 months of creditable railroad service, both your tier I and tier II components can begin on your annuity beginning date. If you have less than 120 months of creditable railroad service, your tier I component can begin on your annuity beginning date, but your tier II component cannot begin until the first full month you are age 62.

 

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