Burial Benefits

The Veterans Administration offers certain benefits and services to honor our Nation’s deceased veterans.

• Headstones and Markers: The VA can furnish a monument to mark the unmarked grave of an eligible veteran.
• Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC): May be provided to eligible recipients.
• Burial Flag: A United States flag to drape an eligible veteran’s casket.
• Reimbursement of Burial Expenses: Generally includes a burial allowance of up to $2,000 for veterans who die of service-related causes. For other eligible veterans, the VA provides up to $300 toward burial and funeral expenses, and up to $300 for a burial plot.
• Burial in a VA National Cemetery: Most veterans and some dependents are eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery.

Time Limits: There is no time limit for claiming reimbursement of burial expenses for service-related deaths. For non-service-related deaths, claims must be filed within two years of the veteran’s burial.