{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-234.18","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 234.18","heading":"Payment of a deferred lump-sum to a widow(er).","body":"In certain cases, a deferred LSDP may be payable to the employee's widow(er), even if someone may be entitled to a monthly annuity in the month of the employee's death. A deferred LSDP is the difference between the amount of the LSDP and the total of the monthly survivor annuities paid during the 12-month period which begins in the month of the employee's death.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 234—LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS","Subpart B—Lump-Sum Death Payment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"08261db272d3be8f640f6a2f045a966c5f791387f5aa33d842cd820c5cc46f04","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-234.17","next":"us/20-cfr-234.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}