Online Survivor Benefits Report

In an effort to ensure that military families have support when their service member is declared deceased, the War Department’s Casualty Assistance program provides help to eligible next of kin in obtaining benefits and entitlements.

The initial and interactive online survivor benefits report provides estimates of current and future financial benefits the eligible survivor should be receiving. The reports provide a summary of benefits from all federal sources, including the DOW, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration.

A survivor’s casualty assistance officer should provide the initial OSBR shortly after a service member’s death. This report is available online for six months for eligible survivors and casualty assistance officers to access. The eligible survivor will also have access to the interactive OSBR.

Initial and interactive OSBRs consolidate financial benefits into one area to inform the survivor about the estimated monthly and lump sum amounts as well as providing them future projections.

Interactive OSBRs allow survivors to input what-if changes to their — and their family members’ — education, employment, disability and marital status. Then they can save, download and print the reports to reference at a future date.

Surviving family members can access their customized interactive OSBR using their myAuth account. To connect your interactive OSBR to your myAuth account, you must provide your myAuth military ID to the Family Assistance Support Team by calling 877-827-2471 or emailing MFOSBR@magellanfederal.com.

To create a myAuth account, survivors with an existing DS Logon will need to update their account to myAuth, while those without a DS Logon will need to create a myAuth account. For guidance on updating or creating an account, as well as additional security information and frequently asked questions, visit the DMDC myAuth Help website.