20 C.F.R. § 234.51 Persons to whom a lump-sum refund payment is payable.
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
Employees receive their lump-sum refund payment from the Board, without applying for it, at the time their regular annuity is awarded. If an employee dies without receiving payment of a regular annuity, the lump-sum refund payment is payable to the employee's survivors in the same order of priority as shown for the RLS in §234.44.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 234—LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS
Subpart E—Lump-Sum Refund Payment
§ 234.51 Persons to whom a lump-sum refund payment is payable.

