Veterans Resources
The Veterans Administration does not provide any payment for funeral services, but does provide the following:
- VA Cash Benefits For Reimbursement of Burial Expenses - $300 is available for an honorably discharged
veteran, IF: they were receiving a pension or disability benefits from the VA at the time of death;
or the death occurred in a VA hospital, or VA contracted health care facility.
- Active Duty or Service Connected Death - $1,500 is available IF: the veteran died during active duty;
or an honorably discharged veteran died of a service-connected injury.
- Burial Plot Allowance - $150 is available for an honorably discharged veteran not interred in a cemetery
that is under the jurisdiction of the US government, IF: the veteran was receiving a pension or disability
benefits from the VA at the time of death; the death occurred in a VA hospital, or VA contracted health
care facility.
- Transportation Allowance - Transportation allowance will be reimbursed by the VA for transportation
expenses from the place of death to the funeral home and to the cemetery for a veteran who died in a
VA hospital, or VA contracted health care facility.
- US flag - An honorably discharged veteran is entitled to a US flag provided by the Veterans Administration.
- Headstone or Marker - In a National Cemetery, a veteran, spouse and dependent children receive a free
headstone. For burial in a private cemetery, a simple marker for veterans ONLY will be provided, if the
grave is unmarked.
- Burial in a National Cemetery - Free grave space is available for a veteran, spouse and dependent children.
At the time of death, we will notify the Veterans Administration. For specific questions concerning eligibility
claims and benefits please contact:
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