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NL 00725.395 “RIN” UTIs – Rate Increase

RIN001 Benefit Increase – Beneficiary Terminated

We raised  (1)  monthly benefit amount beginning  (2)  because benefits to another entitled person stopped.

Fill-ins:
(1) SN possessive/“your”
(2) Month and year of increase, in format June 1991

RIN003 Benefit Increase – Due to Death

We raised  (1)  monthly benefit beginning  (2)  because of  (3)  death in  (4)  .

Fill-ins:
(1) SN possessive/“your”
(2) Month and year of increase in format “June 1991”
(3) Beneficiary's name possessive
(4) Date of death in format “June 1991”

RIN011 Increased Auxiliary Benefit because of Number Holder Increase

We changed  (1)  monthly benefit amount beginning  (2)   (3)  because we raised  (4)  benefit.

Fill-ins:
(1) “your”/“her”/“his”
(2) Earliest month of benefit increase, in format June 2008
(3) null/“and again in”
(4) Month YYYY/Month YYYY and Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY
(5) NH-name possessive

RIN016 COLA Increase(s) and Re-computation

We raised  (1)  monthly benefit amount beginning  (2)  because the cost of living increased. We also raised  (3)  monthly benefit in  (4)  to give  (5)  credit for  (6)   (7)  earnings. We use each year's earnings to raise benefits the following January.

Fill-ins:
(1) possessive in format “Mr. Jones'” or “your”
(2) Month YYYY/Month YYYY and again beginning Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY/ Month YYYY, Month YYYY, Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY
(3) “your”/“her”/“his”
(4) Date in format “January 1992/January 1992 and January 1993/January 1992, January 1993 and January 1994”
(5) “you/“her”/“his”
(6) “your”/“her”/“his”
(7) Show year preceding year in fill-in (4) in format “1991/1991 and 1992/1991, 1992 and 1993”

RIN017 COLA Increase and Re-computation - Auxiliary

We changed  (1)  monthly benefit amount beginning  (2)  because the cost of living increased. We also raised  (3)  benefit beginning  (4)  .

Fill-ins:
(1) SN possessive in format “Mr. Jones” or “your”
(2) Month YYYY/Month YYYY and again beginning Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY, Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY
(3) “your”/“her”/“his”
(4) Month YYYY/Month YYYY and Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY

RIN020 Benefit Increased – Credit for Work Months

We raised  (1)  monthly benefit starting  (2)  . We gave  (3)  credit for months when  (4)  :

  • •

    At least full retirement age, and

  • •

    Did not receive a retirement benefit because of  (5)  work and earnings

Fill-ins:
(1) FN possessive /“your”
(2) date of increase in the format “June 1998”
(3) “you”/”him”/'her”
(4) “you were”/”he was”/”she was”
(5) “your”/“his”/“her”

RIN021 Benefit Increase – Incorrectly Paid

We raised  (1)  monthly benefit beginning  (2)  to give credit for benefits which we did not pay at the full rate before  (3)  reached  (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)  .

Fill-ins:
(1) “your”/Ms. plus beneficiary's last name, possessive/Mr. plus beneficiary's last name, possessive
(2) date, in the format June 1998
(3) “you”/“she”/“he”
(4) age 62/full retirement age,
(5) full retirement age, in the format “65”/null
(6) “and”/null
(7) additional FRA months, in the format “2”/null
(8) months/null

RIN054 Number Holder's Benefit Increased by Two or More Re-computations, but not More than 4

We again raised  (1)  monthly benefit beginning  (2)  to give

credit for  (3)   (4)  earnings.

Fill-ins:
(1) “your”/“her”/“his”
(2) Month YYYY/Month YYYY and Month YYYY/Month YYYY, Month YYYY and Month YYYY
(3) “your”/“her”/“his”
(4) YYYY/YYYY and YYYY/YYYY, YYYY and YYYY

RIN055 Number Holder's Benefit Increased by One Re-computation

We raised  (1)  monthly benefit amount beginning  (2)  to give  (3)  credit for  (4)   (5)  earnings. We use each year's earnings to raise benefits the following January.

Fill-ins:
(1) “your”/“her”/“his”
(2) earliest PIA increase in the format “Month YYYY”
(3) “you”/“her”/“him”
(4) “your”/“her”/“his”
(5) YYY
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http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0900725395
NL 00725.395 - “RIN” UTIs – Rate Increase - 12/21/2017
Batch run: 12/21/2017
Rev:12/21/2017