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BURIAL ALLOWANCE
a. Service-connected Death Burial Allowance. If a veteran dies
as a result of a service-connected disability, an amount not
to exceed $1500 may be paid toward the veteran's funeral and
burial expense including the cost of transporting the body for
burial in a national cemetery.
b.Non-service Connected Death Burial Allowance. If a
veteran's death is not service-connected, an amount not to
exceed $300 may be paid towards the veteran's funeral and
burial expenses including the cost of transporting the body to
the place of burial. Claim must be filed within two years
after permanent burial or cremation, which is an option the VA
recognizes for payment of burial benefits.
Entitlement is subject to the following conditions:
1. at the time of death the veteran was in receipt of pension
or compensation (or but for the receipt of military
retirement pay would have been in receipt of compensation);
or
2. the veteran has an original or reopened claim for either
pension or compensation pending at the time of the
veteran's death
c.Death While Properly Hospitalized. If a person dies from
non-service connected causes while properly hospitalized by
the VA, there is payable an allowance not to exceed $300 for
the actual cost of the person's funeral and burial and an
additional amount for transportation of the body to the of
burial. Payment is also made if a veteran dies while a
patient in a nursing home under VA contract.
d.Provision is also made for the payment of a $300 burial
allowance for unclaimed bodies of wartime veterans for deaths
occurring after Sept. 30, 1982 (this relates to indigent
veterans)
PLOT ALLOWANCE: A $150 allowance is payable to any veteran who
is eligible for a burial allowance, who was discharged from
active service for a disability incurred in or aggravated in line
of duty, or who is a veteran of any war and is not buried in a
national cemetery.