A Presidential Memorial Certificate (PMC) is an engraved paper certificate signed by the current president.
Read MoreVeterans burial allowances can help cover burial, funeral, the plot or interment, and transportation of the remains. You have up to two years to apply for these benefits.
Read MoreBurial flags are provided for veterans and reservists at no cost.
Read MoreYou can donate a body to a university near you to further scientific studies essential to learning and research.
Read MoreIf the deceased person didn't make plans, you have many options for what to do with the body. Each option has different costs and is associated with different traditions.
Read MoreThere are several options for burials: (1) Full-service funeral with burial, (2) direct burial, (3) green, natural, or “neo-traditional” burial, or (4) home funeral.
Read MoreDeceased veterans with no next-of-kin and insufficient resources available for VA National Cemetery burial may have earned the reimbursement of a casket or urn. You can be reimbursed the actual cost up to the maximum 2015 rate of $1,967 for a casket and $172 for an urn.
Read MoreMany people pre-plan funerals, burials, cremation, or donation to science. If this is the case, you can find documents and arrange for the right organization to pick up the body.
Read MoreYou have three options - bring the body home for a funeral, have a funeral where the death occurred, and get the body cremated where the death occurred and then ship the remains home
Read MoreYou can fill out our free tool to fill out forms for all of the benefits at once. Or, if you prefer to identify and get each benefit individually, you can use the below information.
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