---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 225.33"
title: "20"
number: "225.33"
heading: "Months for which DRC's are due."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/225.33"
---

# §225.33. Months for which DRC's are due.

- (a) **A DRC is due for each month after 1970 in which the employee is—**
  - (1) Full retirement age or older and under age 70 (72 before 1984); and
  - (2) Fully insured under section 214(a) of the Social Security Act based on combined railroad and social security earnings; and either—
    - (i) Is not entitled to an annuity because he or she did not apply for an annuity; or
    - (ii) Is entitled to an annuity but has the full amount of the tier I and vested dual benefit work deduction component (described in [part 226](/cfr/20/part226.md) of this chapter) or the social security overall minimum rate (described in [part 229](/cfr/20/part229.md) of this chapter) withheld because of earnings in excess of the exempt amount (as explained in [part 230](/cfr/20/part230.md) of this chapter).
- (b) **The months for which credit is due need not be consecutive.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 12903, Mar. 29, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 39010, July 1, 2003]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 54 FR 12903, Mar. 29, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[54 FR 12903, Mar. 29, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 39010, July 1, 2003]