Colorado man fighting to get Social Security payments restarted after erroneously being declared dead

WhenAlexVukovichnoticedhisJanuarycheckfromSocialSecurityhadsuddenlydisappearedfromhisaccount,thebankhadanunusualexplanation. Accordingtothefederalgovernment,Vukovichwasdead. Morethanamonthlater,theAuroramanstillisfightingtoreinstatehischecks,andcan’tseemtogetaclearansweronwhethertheSocialSecurityAdministrationrecognizesthathehasn’tjoinedthedearlydeparted. Hisbankreturnedthe$1,928ithadremovedfromhisaccountafterhevisitedabranchandprovedhewasstillalive,Vukovichsaid.Buthehasn’treceivedhisFebruarycheckandisn’tsureiftheMarchonewillcome. “I’mfortunate,becauseIhaveenoughinsavingstocompensate,”hesaid. TheSocialSecurityAdministrationestimatedthatlessthan0.33%ofthe3.1milliondeathreportsitreceiveseachyearneedcorrections.Mostreportscomefromthestates,butfamilymembers,funeralhomes,federalagenciesandfinancialinstitutionsreportsomedeaths,itsaid. Ifsomeonesuspectsthey’vebeenwronglylistedasdead,