Burial benefits are gratefully offered to eligible Veterans, their spouses and dependent children by the Federal Government, through the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) and are earned by military service to our Nation.
These benefits are potentially worth thousands of dollars but are provided at no cost. A national cemetery burial includes:
Who is eligible allowances to help pay for a Veteran’s burial and funeral costs?
You may be eligible for Veterans burial allowances if you’re paying for the burial and funeral costs and you won’t be reimbursed by any other organization, like another government agency or the Veteran’s employer. You must also meet all of these requirements.
One of these relationships or professional roles describes your connection to the Veteran:
The Veteran must not have received a dishonorable discharge, and one of these circumstances must be true:
Or:
Note: We’ll also provide an allowance for the cost of transporting a Veteran’s remains for burial in a national cemetery.
You can’t get burial allowances for certain individuals
We don’t provide burial allowances if the individual died in any of these ways:
If you’re eligible, you may receive these benefits:
We provide burial benefits for all legal burial types, including cremation and burial at sea. We also provide burial benefits for donating the Veteran’s remains to a medical school.
Who’s eligible for burial in a VA National Cemetery?
Veterans, service members, spouses, and dependents may be eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery, as well as other benefits, if they meet one of these requirements.
One of these must be true:
A VA National Cemetery burial includes:
Who is eligible allowances to help pay for a Veteran’s burial and funeral costs?
You may be eligible for Veterans burial allowances if you’re paying for the burial and funeral costs and you won’t be reimbursed by any other organization, like another government agency or the Veteran’s employer. You must also meet all of these requirements.
One of these relationships or professional roles describes your connection to the Veteran:
The Veteran must not have received a dishonorable discharge, and one of these circumstances must be true:
Or:
Note: We’ll also provide an allowance for the cost of transporting a Veteran’s remains for burial in a national cemetery.
You can’t get burial allowances for certain individuals
We don’t provide burial allowances if the individual died in any of these ways:
If you’re eligible, you may receive these benefits:
We provide burial benefits for all legal burial types, including cremation and burial at sea. We also provide burial benefits for donating the Veteran’s remains to a medical school.
Who’s eligible for burial in a VA National Cemetery?
Veterans, service members, spouses, and dependents may be eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery, as well as other benefits, if they meet one of these requirements.
One of these must be true:
A VA National Cemetery burial includes:
The Veterans Assistance Commission
of Winnebago County
555 N. Court Street, Suite 300
Rockford, IL 61103
The best way for us to help you is for you to call for an appointment in advance so you don’t have to wait to be seen.
Please call: 815-516-2850
