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Social Security Administration paid at least $37M to dead vets

by Brian Seay

The SSA works with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to determine when vets have died, but an agency audit found that some cases are falling through the cracks.

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$37 million $7.3 million 11 percent 12 months 17 million 19 percent 1980 300 cases 746 individuals additional action alive army audit August 2008 automated death records beneficiaries california comprehensive death information corrected dates of death dead dead veterans deceased Department of Veterans Affairs died discrepancies errors filed for flagged independently verify indicate Inspector General internal audit investigators May 1991 Military Office of Investigations perfect Politics & 2nd Amendment public records received records report reported retirement benefits sample social security administration social security number SSA still alive terminate terminated VA veteran veterans