I'm 80% disabled and receiving VA benefits. When I die, will my spouse be eligible for any of my benefits?

Hi Richard:
I'll save you the trip to the VSO for misinformation.
Whether or not your spouse will be eligible for benefits depends on the facts of your particular situation. Should you die from any of your service-connected disabilities, your spouse will be entitled to DIC (Dependent Indemnity Compensation). However, if you die from something other than your service-connected disabilities (and there is no way to connect your death to your service connection via creative lawyering), your spouse's only avenue for benefits would be via pension benefits. These are reserved for the poorest of individuals and is dependent upon his or her net worth/income upon your death. Having rated hundreds of pension claims, if you have more than Social Security benefit income levels, he or she will not qualify. Tough news, I know. But there are some resources out there.

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She would get a month of death payment for your final month of Compensation.
Whether she can get additional money after you die is contingent on two things.
If you succumb to service connected issue(s) she can get DIC by applying for it.
If not, she might be eligible for Survivors Pension if her income minus health care expenses is below a certain amount.
Both can be applied for after you pass by sending in a VA 21-534EZ

Have you checked to see if she is listed as your beneficiary for anything VA connected?. See a VSO quick.