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Reductions to Benefits. 1  You can apply for Social Security survivor benefits as early as age 60. If you file between age 60 and your survivor full retirement age, you will receive somewhere between 71 - 99% of your deceased spouseâs basic benefit amount.
Age to Start Receiving Benefits. For those born after 1942, retirement benefits go up by 8% for every year that you can defer benefit payouts, from ages 62 to 70. This means that recipients who wait to start receiving Social Security benefits will receive 8% more in income than the prior year, from ages 62 to 70.