{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-349.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 349.2","heading":"Conditions for reopening.","body":"A final decision may be reopened:\n(a) Within 12 months of the date of the notice of such decision, for any reason;\n(b) Within four years of the date of the notice of such decision:\n(1) If there is new and material evidence; or\n(2) If the decision was not reasonably consistent with the evidence of record at the time of adjudication.\n(c) At any time if:\n(1) The decision was obtained by fraud or similar fault;\n(2) The decision was that the claimant was not a qualified employee, and he or she is now qualified because compensation was credited to the employee's record of compensation in accordance with part 211 of this chapter:\n(i) To correct errors apparent on the face of the compensation record;\n(ii) To enter items transferred by the Social Security Administration which were credited under the Social Security Act when they should have been credited to the employee's railroad retirement compensation record; or\n(iii) To correct errors made in the allocation of earnings to individuals or periods which would have made him or her a qualified employee at the time of the decision if the earnings had been credited to his or her earnings record at that time;\n(3) The decision is wholly or partially unfavorable to a claimant, but only to correct a clerical error or an error that appears on the face of the evidence that was considered when the decision was made.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT","PART 349—FINALITY OF DECISIONS REGARDING UNEMPLOYMENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE BENEFITS"],"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":"e314f82f1cb789520904a57d08bac78a0b29f6cbbcc24d4178483886fcab8868","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-349.1","next":"us/20-cfr-349.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}