Veterans Benefits - Spry Funeral Home
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The Veterans Administration does not provide any payment for funeral services, but does provide the following:
VA
Cash Benefits For Reimbursement of Burial Expenses - $300 is available
for an honorably discharged veteran, IF: they were receiving a pension
or disability benefits from the VA at the time of death; or the death
occurred in a VA hospital, or VA contracted health care facility.
Active
Duty or Service Connected Death - $1,500 is available IF: the veteran
died during active duty; or an honorably discharged veteran died of a
service-connected injury.
Burial
Plot Allowance - $150 is available for an honorably discharged veteran
not interred in a cemetery that is under the jurisdiction of the US
government, IF: the veteran was receiving a pension or disability
benefits from the VA at the time of death; the death occurred in a VA
hospital, or VA contracted health care facility.
Transportation
Allowance - Transportation allowance will be reimbursed by the VA for
transportation expenses from the place of death to the funeral home and
to the cemetery for a veteran who died in a VA hospital, or VA
contracted health care facility.
US flag - An honorably discharged veteran is entitled to a US flag provided by the Veterans Administration.
Headstone
or Marker - In a National Cemetery, a veteran, spouse and dependent
children receive a free headstone. For burial in a private cemetery, a
simple marker for veterans ONLY will be provided, if the grave is
unmarked.
Burial in a National Cemetery - Free grave space is available for a veteran, spouse and dependent children.
At
the time of death, we will notify the Veterans Administration. For
specific questions concerning eligibility claims and benefits please
contact:
Veterans Administration Regional Office
210 Franklin Rd. SW
Roanoke, VA 24011
COMM: 1-800-827-1000
Veterans Administration offices.
