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VA will pay up to $2,000 toward burial expenses for deaths on or after September 11, 2001, or up to $1,500 for deaths prior to September 11, 2001. If the Veteran is buried in a VA national cemetery, some or all of the cost of transporting the deceased may be reimbursed.

When a Veteran, service member, or family member qualifies for burial in a VA national cemetery, they receive certain burial benefits at no cost to their family. These burial benefits include: A gravesite in any of our 138 national cemeteries with available space.

To be buried in a Services Cemetery you must have served as a member of Her Majesty's Forces on certain deployments, or be the spouse or partner of someone who has. Eligibility to be buried in a Services Cemetery needs to be approved by your local authority.

All veterans are entitled to burial in one of the 136 national veterans cemeteries, a headstone or marker, and a burial flag. There will be no charge for the gravesite, opening and closing the grave, a vault or liner, and setting the marker.

In contrast with cremation costs, the costs for a traditional burial and funeral include things that are not negotiable, such as a casket, embalming and preparing the body, a headstone, gravesite preparation, a formal viewing and a cemetery plot purchase. The average cost for such services is approximately $11,000.

Any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who dies while on active duty or any Veteran who was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable may be eligible for burial in a National Cemetery.

Veterans and armed forces members who die on active duty are eligible for burial in one of VA's 135 national cemeteries. ... Spouses and dependent, minor children of eligible veterans and of armed forces members also may be buried in a national cemetery.

When a Veteran, service member, or family member qualifies for burial in a VA national cemetery, they receive certain burial benefits at no cost to their family. These burial benefits include: A gravesite in any of our 138 national cemeteries with available space.

When a Veteran, service member, or family member qualifies for burial in a VA national cemetery, they receive certain burial benefits at no cost to their family. These burial benefits include: A gravesite in any of our 138 national cemeteries with available space.

VA will pay up to $2,000 toward burial expenses for deaths on or after September 11, 2001, or up to $1,500 for deaths prior to September 11, 2001. If the Veteran is buried in a VA national cemetery, some or all of the cost of transporting the deceased may be reimbursed.