VA Burial Benefits And Memorial Items | Veterans Affairs
Jun 10, 2024 · Learn how to apply for a burial allowance to help pay for a Veteran’s funeral services, burial, and transportation costs. Find out how to apply for a headstone, marker, medallion, Presidential Memorial Certificate, plaque, or urn to honor a Veteran’s service.
Eligibility for burial in a VA national cemetery
Find out if you or a loved one qualify for burial in a VA national cemetery and for other burial honors. Review VA burial benefits eligibility requirements for Veterans, service members, spouses, and dependents.
Veterans burial allowance and transportation benefits
Find out how to apply for a Veterans burial allowance to help cover burial, funeral, and transportation costs (sometimes called “Veterans death benefits”). Find out what costs VA pays for, and review current burial allowance amounts, depending on …
Burial Benefits - Compensation - Veterans Affairs
VA will pay up to $2,000 toward burial expenses for deaths on or after September 11, 2001, or up to $1,500 for deaths prior to September 11, 2001. If the Veteran is buried in a VA national cemetery, some or all of the cost of transporting the deceased may be reimbursed.
Burial Benefits - National Cemetery Administration
Jul 16, 2024 · Many burial benefits are available for eligible Veterans buried in a private cemetery at no cost to the family. Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.
Veterans burial and survivor benefits - USAGov
Learn how to receive military burial and survivor benefits and honors for active duty, veterans, and retirees, including burial in a national cemetery.
Veteran burial in a national cemetery - USAGov
Schedule burial in a national cemetery. The burial scheduling process depends on if the deceased person previously received a pre-need decision letter. Various U.S. states and government agencies, including the VA, maintain veterans cemeteries where your …
Veterans’ Family Member Burial Benefits - ChooseVA
Jul 22, 2021 · VA honors many spouses, dependents, and survivors of eligible Veterans with a final resting place in one of 155 VA national cemeteries maintained by VA throughout the United States. Explore your benefits and Choose VA.
Unclaimed Veteran Remains - National Cemetery Administration
Notes: » Veterans eligible for burial in a VA national, state or tribal Veterans cemetery may receive a government headstone or marker, a U.S. burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, even if they are not buried in a national cemetery. » If a Veteran dies while at a VA facility under authorized VA admission, and the remains are unclaimed, the facility director will …
National Cemetery Administration
The VA National Cemetery Administration honors the military service of our Nation's veterans. We provide a dignified burial and lasting memorial for veterans and their eligible family members and we maintain our veterans' cemeteries as national shrines.