Burial and memorial benefits

Planning ahead and scheduling

Pre-need eligibility information concerns planning ahead. Scheduling a burial is a different task. A facility address or cemetery location is not a general address for every burial-related form.

Find the route for the benefit

VA’s burial and memorial pages provide separate routes for cemetery planning, allowances and memorial items.

Example

Fictional example: After a death, Riley contacts cemetery scheduling for arrangements and separately reads the burial-allowance requirements. Sending an allowance application does not confirm the cemetery service.

Use this explanation

• Arrange a national-cemetery burial
• Plan national-cemetery eligibility
• Apply for burial expense benefits
• Request a headstone or marker

Official references

• VA burial and memorial benefits