---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 217.5"
title: "20"
number: "217.5"
heading: "When an application is a claim for an annuity or lump sum."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/217.5"
---

# §217.5. When an application is a claim for an annuity or lump sum.


An application is a claim for an annuity or lump sum if it meets all of the following conditions:

- (a) It is on an application form completed and filed with the Board as described in [§ 217.6](/cfr/20/217.6.md);
- (b) It is signed by the claimant or by someone described in [§ 217.17](/cfr/20/217.17.md) who can sign the application for the claimant;
- (c) **It is filed with the Board on or before the date of death of the claimant.** (See [§ 217.10](/cfr/20/217.10.md) for limited exceptions.)

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 11017, Apr. 6, 1987]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 11017, Apr. 6, 1987]