VA Survivors and Burial Benefits Kit

Many survivors of loved ones who pass while serving the country don’t know where to begin to get VA assistance. That’s why VA has prepared a Survivors and Burial Benefits Kit that gives a description of each burial benefit, instructions on how to apply and where to go to get help.

The kit covers:

• Pre-need eligibility for National Cemetery burial or memorialization
• Memorial or burial flags
• Government headstones or markers
• Medallions
• Presidential Memorial Certificates (PMC)
• Burial benefits and burial automatic payments
• Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
• Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program (DEA)
• Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship
• Survivors pension
• Special monthly pension benefits
• The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMP-VA)
• Home loan guaranty
• Veterans Month of Death benefits
• VA life insurance

Other features include tips on how to fill out applications with examples of completed forms. These tips

More information: https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/85171/plan-legacy-va-survivors-burial-benefits-kit/