Claim for Amounts Due in the Case of a Deceased Beneficiary

SSA requests applicants complete Form SSA-1724 when there is insufficient information in the file to identify the person(s) entitled to the underpayment, or the person's address. SSA collects the information when a surviving widow(er) is not already entitled to a monthly benefit on the same earnings records, or is not filing for a lump-sum death payment as a former spouse. SSA uses the information Form SSA-1724 provides to ensure proper payment of an underpayment due a deceased beneficiary. The respondents are applicants for underpayments owed to deceased beneficiaries. We are making non-substantive changes so that we can use the form for both Title II underpayments and Title XVIII Medicare premium refunds.

The latest form for Claim for Amounts Due in the Case of a Deceased Beneficiary expires 2021-08-31 and can be found here.