---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 218.8"
title: "20"
number: "218.8"
heading: "When an individual may change the annuity beginning date."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/218.8"
---

# §218.8. When an individual may change the annuity beginning date.

- (a) **Before annuity is awarded.** A claimant may change the annuity beginning date if—
  - (1) The claimant requests the change in a signed statement; and
  - (2) **The statement is received by the Board on or before the date of the claimant's death.**
- (b) **After annuity is awarded.** An award can be reopened to change the annuity beginning date to a later date if—
  - (1) The annuitant requests the change in a signed statement;
  - (2) The statement is received by the Board on or before the date of the annuitant's death;
  - (3) The annuitant shows that it is to his or her advantage to have a later annuity beginning date; and
  - (4) All payments made for the period before the later annuity beginning date are recovered by cash refund or setoff.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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