---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 210.2"
title: "20"
number: "210.2"
heading: "Definition of service."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/210.2"
---

# §210.2. Definition of service.


Service means a period of time for which an employee receives payment from a railroad employer for the performance of work; or a period of time for which an employee receives compensation which is paid for time lost as an employee; or a period of time credited to an employee for creditable military service as defined in [part 212](/cfr/20/part212.md) of this chapter. Service shall also include deemed months of service as provided under [§ 210.3(b)](/cfr/20/210.3.md?p=b) of this chapter and any month in which an employee is credited with compensation under [§ 211.12](/cfr/20/211.12.md) of this chapter based on benefits paid under title VII of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.


## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 17182, May 16, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Amendments

[53 FR 17182, May 16, 1988]