---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 225.56"
title: "20"
number: "225.56"
heading: "Automatic recomputation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/225.56"
---

# §225.56. Automatic recomputation.


Periodically, the Board reviews the earnings record of every retired, disabled and recently deceased employee to see if a recomputation of the PIA is necessary. When a recomputation is called for due to a change in the reported railroad or social security earnings, the Board processes it automatically. Increased benefits resulting from a recomputation are paid from the earliest month that the recomputation is effective. The annuitant does not have to request a recomputation to consider additional earnings, although the annuitant may request a recomputation before the automatic recomputation is processed. However, the effective date of the recomputation is the same, whether the recomputation is done automatically or at the request of the annuitant.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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