20 CFR § 408.904 - How will you receive an underpayment?

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title: "20 CFR § 408.904 - How will you receive an underpayment?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "408.904"
section_name: "How will you receive an underpayment?"
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "408"
part_name: "SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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regulatory_source: "68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 408.904 How will you receive an underpayment?

We will pay you the amount of any underpayment due you in a separate payment or by increasing the amount of your monthly payment. If you die before we pay you all or any part of an underpayment, the balance of the underpayment reverts to the general fund of the U.S. Treasury.