Initial determinations regarding SVB include, but are not limited to, determinations about—
- (a) Whether you qualify for SVB;
- (b) Whether you are entitled to receive SVB payments on the basis of your residence outside the United States;
- (c) The amount of your SVB payments;
- (d) Suspension or reduction of your SVB payments;
- (e) Termination of your SVB entitlement;
- (f) Whether an overpayment of benefits must be repaid to us;
- (g) Whether payments will be made, on your behalf, to a representative payee, unless you are legally incompetent;
- (h) Who will act as your payee if we determine that representative payment will be made;
- (i) A claim for benefits under § 408.351 based on alleged misinformation; and
- (j) Our calculation of the amount of change in your federally administered State recognition payment amount (i.e., a reduction, suspension, or termination) which results from a mass change as defined in § 408.1001.
[69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004; 69 FR 45586, July 30, 2004]