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The Department of Veteran Affairs offers certain benefits and services to honor our Nation's deceased veterans.

• Headstones and Markers: Furnish a monument to mark the unmarked grave of an eligible veteran.
• Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC): Provide a PMC for eligible recipients.
• Burial Flag: Provide an American flag to drape an eligible veteran's casket. Download burial flag application.
• Reimbursement of Burial Expenses: Generally, pay a burial allowance of $2,000 for veterans who die of service-related causes. For certain other veterans, pay $300 for burial and funeral expenses and $300 for a plot. Download burial benefits application.

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.

Dependents and Survivors' Benefits

Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) is payable to certain survivors of:

• Servicemembers who died on active duty
• Veterans who died from service-related disabilities
• Certain veterans who were being paid 100% VA disability compensation at time of death

Death Pension is payable to some surviving spouses and children of deceased wartime veterans. The benefit is based on financial need.

For more veteran’s information, contact you local Veterans Affair Office or visit the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery System Web Site.