---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 229.22"
title: "20"
number: "229.22"
heading: "Beginning date of increase under overall minimum."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/229.22"
---

# §229.22. Beginning date of increase under overall minimum.

- (a) **Employee age O/M.** An increase under the overall minimum in an employee annuity based on age can be paid beginning with the later of:
  - (1) The first day of the first full month throughout which the employee is age 62; or
  - (2) The beginning date of the employee's age or disability annuity; or
  - (3) The first month of the quarter in which the employee becomes insured under section 214 or 227 of the Social Security Act based on railroad and social security earnings; or
  - (4) **The month the employee attains retirement age, if a DIB O/M was paid in the previous month.** A DIB O/M is changed to an age O/M in the month the employee attains retirement age.
- (b) **Employee DIB O/M.** An increase under the overall minimum in an employee annuity based on disability can be paid beginning with the later of—
  - (1) The beginning date of the employee's disability annuity; or
  - (2) The month after the month in which the disability waiting period described in [§ 404.315(d)](/cfr/20/404.315.md?p=d) of this title ends; or
  - (3) If no disability waiting period is required, the first month in which the employee is disabled and is insured for a disability benefit under [§ 404.130](/cfr/20/404.130.md) of this title.
- (c) **Spouse.** An increase in a spouse annuity under the overall minimum can be paid on the later of:
  - (1) The date the increase in the employee's annuity is paid; or
  - (2) **The date the spouse is both eligible under the O/M and entitled to a spouse annuity.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 58 FR 53397, Oct. 15, 1993, unless otherwise noted.