The Veterans Administration does not provide any payment for funeral services, but does provide the following:

A. 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.

B. 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.

C. 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.

D. 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.

E. US flag - An honorably discharged veteran is entitled to a US flag provided by the Veterans Administration.

F. 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.

G. Burial in a National Cemetery - Free grave space is available for a veteran, spouse and dependent children.