{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-229.22","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 229.22","heading":"Beginning date of increase under overall minimum.","body":"(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:\n(1) The first day of the first full month throughout which the employee is age 62; or\n(2) The beginning date of the employee's age or disability annuity; or\n(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\n(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.\n(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—\n(1) The beginning date of the employee's disability annuity; or\n(2) The month after the month in which the disability waiting period described in § 404.315(d) of this title ends; or\n(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.\n(c) Spouse. An increase in a spouse annuity under the overall minimum can be paid on the later of:\n(1) The date the increase in the employee's annuity is paid; or\n(2) The date the spouse is both eligible under the O/M and entitled to a spouse annuity.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 229—SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE","Subpart C—Eligibility for Increase Under the Overall Minimum"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"8da45f1ac6f21834596a27e10f780f191e23482024f7b4d8ffaf97962b10317c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-229.21","next":"us/20-cfr-229.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}