Survivors Benefits: Nine Month Marriage Rule for Social Security Survivor Benefits

I am 63 years and I was married to my husband for less than 9 months. He died of cardiac arrest due to tobacco use according to the death certificate. I was turned down for Social Security benefits because we were not married for 9 months. We had been together as a couple for many years, and I carried insurance on him. Is there any way around the 9 month rule for marriages and social security survivor's benefits?

Thank you,
Sonya

Survivors Benefits: Nine Month Marriage Rule for Social Security Survivor Benefits