VA offers certain benefits and services to honor our Nation's deceased veterans
Headstones and Markers: VA can furnish a monument to mark the unmarked grave of an eligible veteran.
Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC): VA can provide a PMC for eligible recipients.
Burial Flag: VA can provide an American flag to drape an eligible veteran's casket.
Reimbursement of Burial Expenses: Generally, VA can pay a burial allowance of $2,000 for veterans who die of servicerelated causes. For certain other veterans, VA can pay $300 for burial and funeral expenses and $300 for a burial plot.
Burial in a VA National Cemetery: Most veterans and some dependents can be buried in a VA national cemetery. Time Limits: There is no time limit to claim reimbursement of burial expenses for a service-related death. In other cases, claims must be filed within two years of the veteran's burial.