Do not disclose any of the following information about auxiliaries to the primary
claimant, beneficiary, or NH:
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whether or not benefits were paid (or were suspended, etc.);
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amounts of individual benefit checks;
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first and last names of representative payees (payee), copies of payee applications,
or payee accounting; or
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new first and last names of adopted children.
EXAMPLE: A NH inquires about his son's entitlement to benefits on his record. The NH requests
information about the date his son became entitled, the amount of his benefit, and
the amounts of the actual checks issued to his son, including any retroactive checks.
We may disclose the son’s entitlement date, the amount of the benefit awarded, any
subsequent changes in the son’s benefit amount, and the effective dates of those changes.
However, you may not disclose the amounts of any of the son’s checks.
IMPORTANT: For special actions that are required when special indicator (SPIN) 6 appears on
the Numident record see RM 10215.230.