NAME              TYPE    LENGTH
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22. DATE OF DEATH               DATE      8   

	THIS FIELD INDICATES THE DATE OF DEATH
	OF THE BENEFICIARY.

	8 DIGITS

	SHORT NAME: DEATH_DT
	LONG NAME: BENE_DEATH_DT

 	EDIT-RULES:
	YYYYMMDD
	
	ZEROS = NOT APPLICABLE
	IF DAY OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN, CODED AS
	LAST DAY OF MONTH

	CCW FIELD SOURCE AND DERIVATION:
	  RIC-A; Field Name: BENE_DEATH_DT

	  If a beneficiary’s date of death on the UEDB is filled with spaces or
	  zeros, then the beneficiary’s date of death on the Beneficiary 
	  Summary is recorded as missing.  Otherwise, the value of the death 
	  date in the input is stored in this field.  When the actual day of 
	  death is known, the death date is the last day of the death month.  
	  Please refer to the Beneficiary Validated Day of Death Indicator for
	  further details on verified day of death.