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Notice of Decision About Your Age and Service Application

 

 

 
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  4. Notice of Decision About Your Age and Service Application
 
 

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Notice of Decision About Your Age and Service Application

 

When you are ready to retire, contact your RRB field office to file your employee annuity application.  Our goal is to process your application as quickly as possible.  Claims for some benefits may take longer to handle than others if they are more complex, or if we have to get information from other people or organizations. If this happens, we will give you an explanation and an estimate of the time required to make a decision.

Sometimes we will not be able to make a decision on your application for benefits without some additional information from you. If so, we will contact you by telephone or mail and ask you to send us the required forms, proofs, or statements.

If you do not receive a notice that additional information is needed, you should receive the decision on your annuity application as follows:

Advanced Filing Cases

When you file up to three months before the earliest date your annuity can begin, you should receive your annuity award letter and first payment within 35 days of the date your annuity can begin. However, note that no payment is due until the first day of the month after the first month of annuity entitlement.

Other Than Advance Filing Cases
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f you do not file your annuity application in advance of the earliest date in which your annuity can begin, you should receive your annuity award letter and first payment within 65 days from the date you file your annuity application.

Annuity Denial

If you cannot be paid an annuity, the RRB will send you a decision within 35 days of the beginning date that you requested, if you filed in advance or within 65 days of the date you filed, if you did not file in advance. The letter will explain why you cannot be paid and what you can do if you disagree with the reason you cannot be paid. If you think we made the wrong decision about your benefits, you have the right to ask for a review and to appeal within the required time limit shown in the denial letter.

 

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Last updated: 04/14/2022