Listed below are the benefits that are availabel to all veterans:
A. VA
Cash Benefits For Reimbursement of Burial Expenses - $300 is available for an
honorably discharged veteran, IF: they were in receipt of VA
non-service-connected disability pension benefits or service-connected
compensation benefits at the time of death or IF the death occurred in a VA
hospital, or VA contracted health care facility. Additional costs of
transportation of the remains may be paid.
B. Active Duty or Service
Connected Death - $2,000 is available IF the veteran died during active duty; or
is an honorably discharged veteran and died as a result of a service-connected
injury.
C. Burial Plot Allowance - $300 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 VA non-service-connected
disability pension or service-connected compensation benefits at the time of
death or IF the death occurred in a VA hospital, or VA contracted health care
facility.
D. US flag - An honorably discharged veteran is entitled to a
US flag provided by the Veterans Administration.
E. Headstone or Marker
- In a National Cemetery, a veteran, spouse of veteran, and dependent children
receive a free headstone. For burial in a private cemetery, a simple marker for
veterans ONLY will be provided, if allowed by the cemetery officials. Reserved
space for future inscription of spousal data may be allowed. The grave no longer
has to be 'unmarked' unless the death was prior to September 11, 2001.
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