Burial Benefits

We offer certain benefits and services to honor our Nation's deceased veterans.

  • Headstones and Markers - We can furnish a monument to mark the grave of an eligible veteran.
  • Burial Flag - We can provide an American flag to drape an eligible veteran's casket.
  • Reimbursement of Burial Expenses - Generally we can pay a burial allowance of  $1,500 for veterans who die of service-related causes.  For certain other veterans, we can pay $300 for burial and funeral expenses and $150 for a plot.
  • Burial in a VA National Cemetery - Most veterans and some dependents can be buried in a VA national cemetery.

Time Limits 
There is no time limit for claiming reimbursement of burial expenses for a service-related death.  In other cases, claims must be filed within 2 years of the veteran's burial.