Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Funeral Benefits, Eligibility And Reimbursements

By Arthur Brooks


We know that this must be a difficult time for you and your family. You still experience until now the emotional turmoil from the passing of your loved one. You all know that wherever he is now, he had lived a long and fulfilling life. To lessen the financial burden you are carrying, you can get the veteran funeral benefits Texas.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, or mostly called VA, regulates the monetary burial benefits to the family of the departed military officer. Consequently, the State of Texas and the Texas Veterans Commission have provided assistance through the benefits. It has been made available to their dependents and surviving family members.

To do so, they will let you know on how to proceed with this. A brochure is sent to you by the TVC. Inside it are the basic yet necessary information you need to file the benefit claim. It has the detailed outline for eligibility, reimbursements, military honors, VA markers and headstones, and more.

The first thing you need is to ensure your eligibility. This will make the VA recognize your claim. Your departed loved one has to be either discharged from or still in active duty. If his eligibility was the former, his reason for leaving should not be in any way under the stipulations for dishonorable discharge. Also, the law recognizes the eligibility of his spouse and any dependent children.

Other conditions for eligibility include serving for a minimum of 24 months consecutively for those active as an enlisted person on September 7, 1980 to being an officer on October 16, 1981. Filipino veterans who served in World War II are also eligible for burial and memorial benefits. The American Merchant Marines who served from December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946 have to meet the general eligibility requirements before getting the burial and memorial benefits.

Once eligible, you can now be entitled to file a reimbursement claim for the burial expenses you incurred. However, you should know that they may only pay a portion of that amount. You have to pass and meet any enlisted conditions. Your monetary allowance will be based on which condition is applied to him.

If he died during active service, you are given of up to two thousand dollars in allowance. In the event that he was overseas at that time, the VA will provide the transportation of his remains to the national cemetery near your family home. In this case, you can claim the reimbursement any time for there is no time limit for service related deaths. This will allow you and your family time to grieve for the time being.

If he was discharged and was entitled to receive his pension or compensation, you will be given three hundred dollars. Eligibility for reimbursement can happen when his death occurred at any VA facility, VA contracted nursing home, or state veteran nursing home. If this is the case, they will pay the cost of transportation. You have to note that non service deaths are to be filed within two years after the burial.

If you decided to bury him in a cemetery that is not under the United States jurisdiction, a plot allowance is given amounting to $749. You are entitled to this amount only when he died in any facility owned by VA, a recipient of compensation or pension except military pay. It also is required that had been discharged due to aggravation during active duty or to disability.




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