It will normally be in the best interest of the beneficiary to be entitled to the RIB effective with the month the Disability Insurance Benefit (DIB) terminates. In general, this will be the month the BCP payment starts, if the Month of Entitlement (MOET) is possible. This will give the maximum protection against any overpayment that will result if the termination is sustained upon appeal.

If the application is filed too late to be effective as early as the month of disability termination, it should ordinarily be effective with the earliest possible month following such month.

IMPORTANT: Explain to the number holder (NH) that although he/she is entitled to RIB, he/she cannot receive any RIB while receiving benefit continuation payments.

The FO will:

1. 1. 

   Review the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR) and all other available sources to determine if the evidence needed to process the RIB award was obtained for the DIB claim (See GN 00302.011 for proof of age codes). Complete development as in any other RIB claim.

2. 2. 

   Process the claim by completing an A101 Automated Determination of Award for the NH, and any auxiliaries, using the MBR for entitlement data. Enter the NH's Social Security number (SSN) in the “Cross Reference SSN” entry on the BENE screen, with a “Status Code” of “A”.

   In the remarks portion of the A101 enter:

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     “Do Not Process”

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     “BCP Claim - Do Not Process RIB Award Unless DIB Cessation is Affirmed”

3. 3. 

   Adjudicate the A101. Modernized Claims System (MCS) will establish a control and transfer ownership to the processing center (PC).

The PC will control the A101. The case should be annotated “Effectuate RIB payment if DIB Cessation Upheld - P.L. 98-460.” (See DI 40120.015).