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How A Period Of Disability ("Disability Freeze") Can Help You

How A Period Of Disability ("Disability Freeze") Can Help You

 

A period of disability protects your earnings record so that the time you are severely disabled will not count against you or your surviving dependents when the amount of monthly benefits is computed.

Although the period of disability is not a monthly cash benefit in itself, it provides that all or part of the entire Tier I portion of your annuity will be taxed in the same manner as a social security benefit. It also may provide the following:

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Events That Can Affect Your Disability Benefits

Events That Can Affect Your Disability Benefits

 

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Applying for Early Medicare Coverage

Applying for Early Medicare Coverage

 

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About Your Period of Disability ("Disability Freeze")

About Your Period of Disability ("Disability Freeze")

 

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Chapter 3 - What Happens to My Disability Annuity When I Meet the Requirements for an Age and Service Annuity?

Chapter 3 - What Happens to My Disability Annuity When I Meet the Requirements for an Age and Service Annuity?

 

An individual's attainment of age 60 with 30 years of service does not have any impact on the disability annuity to which the individual is entitled; nor does it impact the disability earnings restrictions. This is true even though the individual would have otherwise qualified for a full age annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) based on being at least age 60 with 30 years of service.

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Chapter 2 - What is My Full Retirement Age?

Chapter 2 - What is My Full Retirement Age?

 

An individual's full retirement age (FRA) is the earliest age at which a person can begin receiving non- disability social security benefits without any reduction for early retirement. FRA ranges from age 65 to age 67, depending upon the individual's year of birth. To determine your FRA, simply locate your year of birth in the chart below.

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Chapter 1 - When Does a Disability Annuity End?

Chapter 1 - When Does a Disability Annuity End?

 

Once an employee has been awarded a disability annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), that individual is required to meet all disability earnings tests and is subject to continuing disability reviews until the disability annuity ends. An employee annuity based on disability ends with the earliest of the following:

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Part I - How Age Affects a Disability Annuity

Part I - How Age Affects a Disability Annuity

 

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A Conviction Due to a Criminal Offense Can Affect Your Annuity

A Conviction Due to a Criminal Offense Can Affect Your Annuity

 

The amount of your annuity may be affected if you are:

  • convicted due to a criminal offense which was committed after October 19, 1980, or
  • imprisoned or confined due to a criminal offense.

See definition of "Confinement (or Imprisonment)"

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Introduction

Introduction

 

This publication contains important information for you as a former railroad employee who filed for and received a disability annuity from the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).

As a disability annuitant, you are subject to strict limitations on the amount you earn while receiving benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act. In order to prevent overpayments, you should immediately notify the RRB if you are receiving a disability annuity and return to work or have earnings from employment of any kind.

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