20 CFR § 234.18 - Payment of a deferred lump-sum to a widow(er).

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title: "20 CFR § 234.18 - Payment of a deferred lump-sum to a widow(er)."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "234.18"
section_name: "Payment of a deferred lump-sum to a widow(er)."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "234"
part_name: "LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS"
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authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 3036, Jan. 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 234.18 Payment of a deferred lump-sum to a widow(er).

In certain cases, a deferred LSDP may be payable to the employee's widow(er), even if someone may be entitled to a monthly annuity in the month of the employee's death. A deferred LSDP is the difference between the amount of the LSDP and the total of the monthly survivor annuities paid during the 12-month period which begins in the month of the employee's death.