---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 218.2"
title: "20"
number: "218.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/218.2"
---

# §218.2. Definitions.


As used in this part:

Applicant means a person who signs an application for an annuity for himself, herself or for some other person.

Application means a form described in [part 217](/cfr/20/part217.md) of this chapter.

Award means to process a form to make a payment.

Claimant means the person for whom an annuity application is filed.

Filing date means the date on which an application or written statement is filed with the Board.

Tier I benefit means the benefit calculated using the Social Security formulas and is based upon earnings, both in and outside the railroad industry.

Tier II benefit means the benefit calculated under a formula found in the Act and is based only upon railroad earnings.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 30725, July 24, 1989, unless otherwise noted.