|
1st Claimant |
2nd Claimant |
3rd Claimant |
4th Claimant |
5th Claimant |
Wife Age 62 or Older |
B |
B3 |
B8 |
BA |
BD |
Wife Under Age 62 |
B2 |
B5 |
B7 |
BK |
BL |
Divorced Wife |
B6 |
B9 |
BN |
BP |
BQ |
Widow Age 60 or Older |
D |
D2 |
D8 |
DD |
DG |
Widow Remarried After Age 60 |
D4 |
D9 |
DA |
DL |
DN |
Surviving Divorced Wife |
D6 |
D7 |
DV |
DW |
DY |
Mother |
E |
E2 |
E7 |
E8 |
EA |
Surviving Divorced Mother |
E1 |
E3 |
EB |
EC |
ED |
NOTE: When claims for the same or different types of benefits (auxiliary or survivor) are
filed, all based on a marital relationship to the wage earner, use as type of benefit
the letter codes reflected beside the type of relationship above. The first individual
to file should be assigned type of benefit B, B2, B6, D, D4, D6, E, or E1 as appropriate.
The second individual should be assigned a type of benefit in the second claimant
column, etc. Under no circumstances should two individuals be assigned letter codes
in the same claimant column. At no time, after the assignment of a letter code in
one column, should the individual be assigned a code in a different multiple claimant
column. See Example 2 below in which Della Burger was originally assigned the symbol
HB7 and when she later filed for a different type of benefit based on marital relationship,
was assigned symbol D8. The types of benefits are different. The subscript was selected
from the same claimant column. If more than one claimant files on the same day, use
the dates of marriage to determine the subscripts, with the earliest date of marriage
designating the first claimant. Failure to follow these rules will result in the award
being an exception. For this reason the DO should carefully examine the microfiche/MBR
whenever a subsequent claim based upon marital relationship is filed in order to insure
that the proper BIC is assigned.
Example 1:
Dora Canard, age 65, and Jane Canard, age 70, both file on the same day. Each alleges
that she is the legal wife of Donald Canard. Dora presented a certificate showing
her date of marriage to Donald Canard was June 2, 1935. Jane's certificate showed
she was married to Donald Canard on January 15, 1960. Dora's claim symbol is B. Jane's
is B3.
Example 2:
Hamilton Burger became entitled to disability benefits and wife, Arabelle, age 45,
became entitled with a claims symbol of HB2. She died and Hamilton married Viola who
filed for wife's benefits and was assigned claims symbol HB5. She was subsequently
terminated when the youngest child reached age 18. She divorced Hamilton who married
Della, age 50, shortly thereafter. Della filed for wife's benefits but had no children
in her care and was denied. Her claims symbol was HB7. The NH died. Gertie, age 60,
established entitlement as his legal widow. She would be assigned claims symbol DD.
A short time later, Cleo, age 62, filed claiming to be the legal widow. Her claim
symbol would be DG. If Della filed again, claiming to be the legal widow, her claim
symbol would be D8.