A VA burial allowance is a partial reimbursement of an eligible veteran's burial and funeral costs. When the cause of death is not service-related, the reimbursement is generally described as two (2) payments:         

• Burial and funeral expense allowance

• Plot interment allowance

  
1.  All of the following must be
 true:

  2.  At least one of the following  is 
 true:

• you paid for a veteran's burial or funeral  
  
  
• you have not been reimbursed by another government agency or some other source, such as the deceased veteran's employer  
  
  
• the veteran was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

• the veteran died because of a service-related disability 
  
  
• the veteran was getting VA pension or compensation at the time of death 
  
  
• the veteran was entitled to receive VA pension or compensation but decided not to reduce his/her military retirement or disability pay 
  
  
• the veteran died in a VA hospital or while in a nursing home under VA contract