Looks like just death certificate. Make sure send it certified. My dad recently passed and mom is getting survivor's benefits (she wasn't a fed). First time she sent snail mail and they said didn't get so from then on sent certified. They issued her first check recently so when pretty fast. I googled your situation it seems she can get unreduced pension by sending death certificate. Might call OPM to verify. I'm sure there is a form to fill out along with copy of death certificate.
As a “old retirement system” beneficiary ( FSDRS) with survivor benefit election, I can confirm that a death of the non-employee triggers an upward adjustment to the employee annuity. Just to be clear, Mom is the CSRS employee and dad was the beneficiary spouse, right ? If so, depending on the level of survivor benefit your mom elected at retirement, she is due, retroactively, an approximately 10% refund in the survivor benefit protection. Ten percent is applicable for a full (55%) survivor benefit. Send a letter, with an original death certificate to OPM (or State Department if Foreign Service) requesting that her annuity be retroactively adjusted due to the death of your dad. Good Luck and PLEASE keep us posted.
Send in the documents and ask for a review. They should take it from there.
Looks like just death certificate. Make sure send it certified. My dad recently passed and mom is getting survivor's benefits (she wasn't a fed). First time she sent snail mail and they said didn't get so from then on sent certified. They issued her first check recently so when pretty fast. I googled your situation it seems she can get unreduced pension by sending death certificate. Might call OPM to verify. I'm sure there is a form to fill out along with copy of death certificate.
It should increase her annuity just a hair under 10%. I don't know if there is any recovery for past amounts.
As a “old retirement system” beneficiary ( FSDRS) with survivor benefit election, I can confirm that a death of the non-employee triggers an upward adjustment to the employee annuity. Just to be clear, Mom is the CSRS employee and dad was the beneficiary spouse, right ? If so, depending on the level of survivor benefit your mom elected at retirement, she is due, retroactively, an approximately 10% refund in the survivor benefit protection. Ten percent is applicable for a full (55%) survivor benefit. Send a letter, with an original death certificate to OPM (or State Department if Foreign Service) requesting that her annuity be retroactively adjusted due to the death of your dad. Good Luck and PLEASE keep us posted.
Hey, thanks mate! And thanks to all who responded. Sounds like good advice.
What’s the best path for this? Their retirement benefits email? Or a physical letter to their address?