Choose burial and memorial assistance
Cemetery arrangements, reimbursement and memorial items have separate requests.
Who this program may help
Service, discharge, relationship, cemetery and benefit-specific requirements differ.
Read official eligibility instructionsChoose what you need
- Arrange a burial now
Contact scheduling; ask for help if service documents are unavailable.
- Request pre-need eligibility
Plan VA national-cemetery eligibility before death; this does not reserve a gravesite.
- Claim eligible burial expenses
Check expense-specific requirements, filing rules and any automatic payment.
- Request a headstone or marker
Confirm cemetery design, delivery and installation requirements.
- Request a memorial certificate
An engraved certificate is separate from expense payment and a burial reservation.
Official references
- VA burial and memorial benefits
- Schedule a burial for a Veteran or family member
- Pre-need burial eligibility
- VA Form VA40-10007: Request pre-need burial eligibility
- Veterans burial allowance and transportation benefits
- VA Form 21P-530EZ: Apply for burial benefits
- Veterans headstones and markers
- Presidential Memorial Certificates
- VA Form VA40-1330: Request a government headstone or marker
- VA Form VA40-0247: Request a Presidential Memorial Certificate