VA burial benefits and memorial items
VA burial benefits can help service members, Veterans, and their family members plan and pay for a burial or memorial service in a VA national cemetery. Family members can also order memorial items to honor the service of a Veteran. Find out how to apply for the burial benefits you've earned, and how to plan for a burial in advance or at time of need.
Get Veterans burial benefits
- Find out if you qualify for burial in a VA national cemetery and for other burial honors.
- Apply for a pre-need eligibility decision letter. This can help you pre-plan for burial in a VA national cemetery, and make the process easier for your family members in their time of need.
- Learn how to apply for a burial allowance to help pay for a Veteran’s funeral services, burial, and transportation costs.
- Find out how to apply for a headstone, marker, medallion, Presidential Memorial Certificate, plaque, or urn to honor a Veteran’s service.
- Learn about getting VA disability benefits for a surviving spouse or a dependent child or parent.
- See if you qualify for grief counseling and transition support after the loss of an active-duty Servicemember, Reservist, or National Guard Soldier.
Plan a burial
- Get step-by-step guidance on how to request and apply for a burial in a VA national cemetery, or in a state or tribal government Veterans cemetery.
- Search for national, state, or tribal government Veterans cemeteries.
- View and print documents from your official military personnel file (including your DD214).
More information and resources
- Find the date, time, and location of the committal service for the scheduled burial of a Veteran, spouse, or other eligible family member.
- View current dependency and indemnity compensation rates for surviving spouses and children.
- View current survivor benefit rates for parents.
- Visit the National Archives website to find out how to request replacement medals, awards, and decorations.
- Visit the National Archives website to research military records from the Revolutionary War to the present.
- Find a Veteran’s or family member's grave in a VA national cemetery, or in a state or tribal Veterans cemetery.
- Find answers to common questions about VA burial benefits and memorial items.
- Prepare for a military funeral by learning about what happens at a committal service in a VA national cemetery.
Other VA benefits and services
- Find out if you’re eligible and how to apply for VA pension benefits as a surviving spouse or child of a deceased Veteran with wartime service.
- If you're enrolled in VA life insurance, find out if you can get free financial planning and online will preparation services.
- Learn how to become a VA fiduciary to handle the financial affairs of a Veteran in need.
Last updated: June 10, 2024
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