---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 837.702"
title: "5"
number: "837.702"
heading: "Offset from supplemental survivor annuity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/837.702"
---

# §837.702. Offset from supplemental survivor annuity.

- (a) OPM will reduce a supplemental survivor annuity (an annuity under [5 U.S.C. 8341](/usc/5/8341.md)) based on the service of an individual who performed CSRS-Offset service, if the survivor annuitant is entitled, or on proper application would be entitled, to survivor benefits under section [202(d)](/cfr/5/202.md?p=d), [(e)](/cfr/5/202.md?p=e), or [(f)](/cfr/5/202.md?p=f) (relating to children's, widows', and widowers' benefits, respectively) of the Social Security Act.
- (b) The reduction required under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section begins (or is reinstated) on the first day of the month during which the survivor annuitant—
  - (1) Is entitled to a disability or survivor annuity under CSRS; and
  - (2) Is entitled, or on proper application would be entitled, to survivor benefits under the Social Security Act provisions mentioned in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(c)](#c) of this section, respectively.
- (c) The reduction under [paragraphs (a)](#a) of this section will be computed and adjusted in a manner consistent with the provisions of [§ 837.701 (c) through (e)](/cfr/5/837.701.md?p=c..e) of this part.
- (d) A reduction under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section stops on the date entitlement to the disability or survivor benefits under title II of the Social Security Act terminates. In the case of a survivor annuitant who has not made proper application for the social security benefit, the reduction under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section stops on the date entitlement to such survivor benefits would otherwise terminate. If a social security benefit is reduced under any provision of the Social Security Act, even if reduced to zero, entitlement to that benefit is not considered to have terminated.
- (e) OPM will accept the determination or certification of the Social Security Administration, submitted in a form prescribed by OPM, concerning entitlement to social security survivor benefits and the beginning and ending dates thereof.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8337, 8344, 8347, 8455, 8456, 8461, and 8468; and section 302 of Pub. L. 99-335, June 6, 1986, as amended.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 48266, Sept. 15, 1993, unless otherwise noted.