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Contact the local VA for advice on military pension and benefits.
2) If he maintained your name on it to his death.
If he remarried after your divorce, one would typically change the beneficiary name to the current spouse.
If he did not remarry and did initiate the SBP annuity shortly after his military retirement and maintained the monthly allotment to the SBP annuity, then it is available.
You will most likely need specific documents/ info re his service and discharge status, so you may want to be sure that you have access to these . Call VA, it will be a good first step.
As for being divorced, I don't think this automatically eliminates you, but I could be wrong. It would have been settled at the time of divorce, I think, as others have said.
Instead of contacting the VA, you need to get in touch with the Department of Defense. There are lots of articles and contact info if you google "Department of defense survival benefits".
My guess is that if you'd been named a beneficiary, the DOD would have contacted you upon his death. Still, it never hurts to ask. Best of luck.
Here is what it says on it:
For every other military spouse divorcee, there simply are no military benefits after divorce. Your benefits end the day your divorce is final. However, if you have children together, they will still qualify for military benefits, even if you haven't been married more than 20 years and even if you remarry.
Here is what it says too:
An un-remarried former spouse may retain the military ID card if he or she meets the 20/20/20 rule. The 20/20/20 rule requires at least twenty years of marriage, at least twenty years of military service, and at least twenty years of overlap of the marriage and the military service.
I hope this helps.
His SS, that will depend on how long u were married, as said at least 10 yrs. Also, who has the highest SS earnings. If you are already getting more than u will from him, you can't get his. But, I would look into it. Same if you were married again. You can only get from one spouse. This would be maybe the one you were married to the longest and...the higher SS earnings.
I worked with a woman who wanted to retire to care for her Mom. She checked out what she would receive and it wasn't enough. I asked if she had been married. Yes, widowed after 20 yrs of marriage and an x she was not married to as long. She never told SS that. She went back to SS and was able to get from her 1st husband. It gave her enough xtra SS to retire.
Not sure about his pension or VA benefits, but doubtul if you were divorced.