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Did You Know?
Burial Expenses Reimbursed
VA will pay burial allowances up to $2,000 if the veteran’s death is service-connected. In such cases, the person who bore the veteran’s burial expenses may claim reimbursement form VA. In some cases, VA will pay the cost of transporting the remains of a veteran whose death was service-connected to the nearest National Cemetery with available gravesites. There is no time limit for filing reimbursement claims in service-connected cases.
Burial Allowance
VA will pay $300 burial and funeral allowances for veterans who, at the time of death, were entitled to receive pension or compensation or would have been entitled if they were not receiving military retirement pay. Eligibility also may be established when death occurs in a VA facility, a VA-contracted nursing home or State Veterans nursing home. In cases in which the veteran’s death was not service-connected, claims must be filed within two years after burial or cremation.
Death
Pension VA
provides pensions to low-income surviving spouses and unmarried children of deceased veterans with wartime service. Eligibility depends upon spouse
not remarrying and children must be under 18, or under age 23 if attending a VA-approved school, or have become permanently
incapable of self-support because of disability before age 18.
A surviving spouse may be entitled to a higher income limit if living in a nursing home, in need of the aid and attendance of another person or permanently housebound. Veteran Health Registries
Certain veterans can participate in a VA health registry and receive free medical examinations, including laboratory and other diagnostic tests deemed necessary by an examining clinician. VA maintains health registries to provide special health examinations and health-related information. To participate, contact the Environmental Health (EH) Coordinator at a VAMC near you or call 1-800-827-1000 today.
Non-VA Health Care Services
VA may authorize veterans
to receive care at a non-VA health care facility when the needed services are not available at a VAMC near the veteran, or
if the veteran is unable to travel long distances to a VAMC. Non-VA care must be authorized by VA in advance.
Veterans my also obtain services not covered in the benefits package through private health care. Interesting Compensation Veterans who participated in combat
actions or nuclear experiments on or near Christmas Island are being compensated for illnesses related to their experiences.
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