VA Burial Benefits, Final Expenses, Headstones, Markers, Medallions and Presidential Memorial Cert

The burial allowance for a non-service-connected death is $300, and $2,000 for a death connected to military service.

Veterans headstones, markers, and medallions

Presidential Memorial Certificates

Effective July 7, 2014: VA is changing its monetary burial benefits regulations to simplify the program and pay eligible survivors more quickly and efficiently. These regulations will authorize VA to pay, without a written application, most eligible surviving spouses basic monetary burial benefits at the maximum amount authorized in law through automated systems rather than reimbursing them for actual costs incurred.

Under the current regulations, VA pays for burial and funeral expenses on a reimbursement basis, which requires survivors to submit receipts for relatively small one-time payments that VA generally pays at the maximum amount permitted by law.
The new burial regulations will permit VA to pay, at a flat rate, burial and plot or interment allowances thereby enabling VA to automate payment of burial benefits to most eligible surviving spouses and more efficiently process other burial benefit claims.
The burial allowance for a non-service-connected death is $300, and $2,000 for a death connected to military service.

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[thelionofYHWH]

My brother passed away 12/27/ 24 still waith for the Va to them when will they have the burial service?

[greggdarbygregg]

Very useful info for my kids to handle easier than knowing zilch! If you can make a video about good veteran life insurance companies to deal with, I would love to leave more than enough for my kids to pay my final expenses and have some extra cash for them to help them out! I will be buried in a national cemetery in St Louis where my parents, in-laws and brother are and a few veteran buddies too! Thanks for your website, you and Combat Craig are extremely useful channels for us vets

[veteransinfotap]

The worst thing is to not know what Benefits are available and how to access them - Would a Veterans Benefits Info Session be helpful?

[mickeeia]

Thank you! My Father passed away years ago. He was retired after serving 22+ years in the Army. I am worried about burial information for my Mom who is not doing well. We live together but it terrifies me as what to do in the moment of dealing with that grief. Thank you for the information you provided!

[chriseckert]

I just done my dad service at Dayton national cemetery.

[Alluringeyes]

What if a deceased veterans body was taken to a private mortuary which cost thousand dollars and you want the body just for the VA national to take care of the body what do you do?

[jeanniewigginton]

got the mediallion for my father a marine and i had to pay 300 dollars to have it put on his stone just fyi

[AnthonyVoci-lr]

Thks for all your videos!! How about a video on mileage reimbursement. The old method was using a kiosk which was much easier for older vets like myself. Now enter MY HEALTHY VET system which is ok if u have a computer or i phone. I’ve used this& ive got 8 claims for travel which are over a month old&im still waiting for reimbursement. Thks for your concern.

[nagrain]

$300 is better than nothing, but todays funeral expenses makes that $300 look like 3 pennies only.

[johnhinojosa]

My best friend has just passed away recently, he is buried at Fort Sam National cemetery. I want to know if I can buy a plot next to him

[brianstewart]

where do the campaign markers come from on graves? for example vietnam veteran with a flag holder ?

[ruthdetwilerking]

I am married to a full service connected Nam vet who is in a private hospital right now fighting kidney disease and I wish we had done what you are discussing because I am totally confused .

[dwcaudill]

I'm a Nam Vet and confused as hell. I don't think I'm able to fuck with all this garbage. I'm at 100% service connected and I don't know who to talk to. I've been sick for the last year on oxygen and have a hard time even keeping my appointments. I have had two heart failure incidents the past few months. I know I'm not long on the earth and I'm very worried about my wife. And she has stage 4 cancer. Had to sell our home, move into assisted living and that cost a ton in itself. Gotta say though, the VA has been good to me. I'm just worried about, when I'm gone...

[JleeA]

I don't see a link for getting my Dad USMC grave marker. He also received a purple heart

[SharonWattigney]

Hello sir im from the Philippines and my husband pass away hw has a 100% service connected, , but for the burial benefits they grand me 948 dollar's coz hes death is none service connected, , but this my question again i apply my survivor pension as a spoouse do i qualified for DIC or survivor pension?? Thank you, ,

[kevint]

I applied and was denied, due process stinks. Thanks anyway.