The Military Veteran

 

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    A burial allowance up to $2000 will be paid by the VA if the veteran’s death is service-connected. Reimbursement will be made to the person who bore the veteran’s burial expenses.
 
    In some cases, VA will pay the cost of transporting the remains of a service-connected veteran to the nearest national cemetery with available gravesites. There is no time limit for filing reimbursement claims in service-connected death cases.
 

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REIMBURSEMENT OF BURIAL EXPENSES