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Survivors Death Pension: Surviving spouses and unmarried children under 18 (age 23 if attending a VA-approved school, or any age if permanently disabled before 18) of deceased veterans may be eligible for pension benefits it the veteran served 90 days or more on active duty during wartime.
To collect a survivorâs benefit, in most cases, the marriage must have lasted at least nine months, and the benefits may not begin until the widow is age 60. Disabled survivors can file earlier, at age 50. But most early widows, like Tia Murphy, 61, of Bethel, Conn., have a long wait for survivorâs benefits. She was widowed 13 years ago when her husband committed suicide, but, at 48, she was too young to claim benefits.