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I am 66 years old. I am getting my own Social Security retirement check, but it is rather small -- just shy of $1,000 per month.

I tried to get benefits from my deceased husband’s record but my claim was turned down.

They said I wasn’t married long enough. But I was married for a total of 10 years. Can you please review my case and tell me what you think? And is there anything I can do about it? Here are the facts. I was married on August 5, 1989. Then we got a divorce on May 14, 1998. But then we remarried on June 19, 1999. And my husband died on Januar y 21, 2000.

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Wow! What an intriguing situation. I once wrote a column in which I answered reader’s complaints that Social Security rules are so complicated by pointing out that it is actually people’s lives that can be so complicated -- and Social Security’s laws and regulations just get a little twisted trying to adapt to that fact.

Your claim for widow’s benefits was properly rejected because the law says your current marriage must have lasted at least 9 months. And sadly, your husband died before you reached that benchmark. You were married just a little over 7 months when he died.

You brought up the 10-year issue. That rule applies to women who are trying to get benefits as a divorced wife or widow. The law normally says you must reach your 10th wedding anniversary to be eligible for benefits from an ex-husband’s record.

But the rules are a little different in a split marriage like yours.

On the one hand, someone might look at your case and say you don’t meet the 10-year rule.

After all, your first marriage lasted about 8 years and 10 months. And your second marriage lasted 7 months. If you add that up, it comes out to a little less than 9 years and 6 months of marriage.

But what the law actually says is that your marriage must have been in existence at some point in each of 10 continuous years. And because you were indeed married to this man at some point in each of the years from 1989 to 2000, you do meet the 10-year marriage requirement.

But of course, the sad twist to that issue is that we are talking about benefits for a divorced widow. And you were not divorced when your husband died.

So to sum up. You cannot get benefits as a married widow because your second marriage didn’t last 9 months before your husband died. And you can’t get benefits as a divorced widow because ... again ... you were not divorced when he passed away.

You asked me what you can do about this.

You said that your claim for widow’s benefits was “turned down.” I assume by that you mean you filed a formal application for widow’s benefits with the Social Security Administration and then received a letter of denial (as opposed to just asking a clerk about your eligibility and getting an informal and oral rejection). If it has been less than two months since you got the denial letter, you could file an appeal. Eventually, you will talk to a Social Security judge about your case. I would try making the point

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that although your second marriage lasted less than 9 months, your combined marriages lasted well more than that. Who knows? Maybe the judge will interpret the rules differently than what SSA and I have told you. It’s worth a shot!

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I tried to get benefits from my exhusband’s Social Security, but was turned down because of the 10-year rule. I just don’t think that’s fair. We were married in 1995 and divorced in 2002. Then we remarried in 2009 and divorced again in 2015. In other words, we were married a total of about 13 years. Why can’t I get his Social Security?

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not due half of your ex-husband’s Social Security.

Because you took reduced retirement benefits on your own account, that reduction carries over to any spousal benefits you might be due. Instead of half, you are due about one-third of his rate. Let’s say he is getting the maximum retirement benefit.

That would be about $2,700. One third of that is around $890. Your own $1,257 rate is much more than that. So your claim for divorced wife’s benefits was correctly denied.

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I took my Social Security at age 70. So I am getting an extra 32 percent added to my Social Security checks. My wife is about to turn 66. Does she get half of my age 70 rate? Or half of my full retirement age rate? And what happens when I die?

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old woman. For as long as I can remember, my body temperature has been between 97.7 and 98 degrees F. If my temperature were 99, would that be a fever to worry about? My doctor does not seem to worry about it, even when I’m not feeling well at all. -- B.C.

ANSWER: Neither Parkinson’s disease nor Type 2 diabetes explains terrible shortness of breath on mild exertion. Severe shortness of breath can come from serious heart or lung problems (many types) or severe anemia. I can’t help: Get to your doctor right away.

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It seems to be a contradiction because it is acidic in nature. Is this true or just an old wives’ tale? -- C.V.

A year ago, bile duct cancer seen in Vietnam veterans was a hot topic in the news, briefly. Now it’s fallen out of the headlines -- but it hasn’t stopped affecting veterans, and a U.S. senator is calling for a federal study.

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Bile duct cancer in veterans who served contain great wisdom. In this case, however, in Vietnam (or Korea, Thailand or Laos) no doubt there is no scientific data to back it up. There are comes from eating fish contaminated with a watermany anecdotal reports of success and many borne parasitic worm called a fluke, from being in theories why it might work.

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I’m concerned that he’s experiencing depression, even though he won't admit it.

Where can we turn to get help with this, and what, if anything, does Medicare pay for?

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in the process was glazing and firing. Many of the scenes were inspired by Italy, England and India.

After closely looking at your photo, it appears there are repairs on the handle. Any repair, chip or crack diminishes its value.

Your pitcher was made around 1840.

If your pitcher were in mint condition, its value would probably be $75 to $125.

This mark is on the bottom of a tall, slender porcelain pitcher that I have. It has been in our family for generations, possibly before World War I. Even our mother, who is 87, knows nothing about its histor y.

It stands about 14 inches tall and is decorated with red and green grapes and green leaves. There is gold trim on the edge and the scrolled handle. The glaze shade changes from cream to pale green. It is in mint condition.

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