How do I get these benefits?

To access bereavement counseling services, contact our Readjustment Counseling Service staff:

By phone at 202-461-6530, or by email at [email protected]

Our staff will help you contact your nearest Vet Center to arrange for counseling services in the location of your choice.

Other helpful information

• How to apply for a Veterans burial allowance
• Find out if you can get paid back for funeral and other burial costs.
• VA dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC)
• Find out if you can get tax-free monetary benefits.
• Scheduling a burial
• Find out the steps you’ll need to take to arrange for a service member, Veteran, or eligible family member’s burial.
• Military funeral honors and the committal service
• Find out what will happen to help you prepare for this day.
• VA Survivors Pension
• If you’re an unmarried surviving spouse or an unmarried child of a deceased Veteran with wartime service, find out if you can get monthly payments.
• https://www.va.gov/burials-memorials/bereavement-counseling/