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Find out what government benefits are available to survivors, how to apply for them, and calculate estimated benefits payments.
Contains information on handling the loss or casualty of a loved one, including dealing with grief, benefits, necessary papers, funeral arrangements and memorial services and more.
Provides help for Veterans and their dependents or personal representatives in determining eligibility for interment in the National Cemetery.
Provides information and assistance for casualty-affected Army families and the professionals that serve Army family members in their time of need.
Assists families of fallen soldiers with information on survivor benefits, obtaining service records, soldier services, support programs and more.
Provides general overview of non-service-connected death benefits for Active Duty members, retirees and Veterans.
Calculate estimated survivor benefits as a current, former or future spouse of a member of the Army.
Learn about who qualifies for VA burial benefits and how to apply for them. This link provides basic information with additional links for other burial benefits.
Answers frequently asked questions about military burials and memorials from the National Cemetery Administration.
Provides a survivor's checklist for casualty assistance for survivors from all services.
Works to regain a level of normalcy in the lives of family members of deceased, unaccounted for, or missing Service Members with final arrangements and with understanding and accessing certain benefits and entitlements.
Find resources for survivors by contacting Fort Campbell SOS, which provides services to the Garrison and communities closest to where families live in a holistic and multi-agency approach.
Connects survivors with local support services that include but are not limited to grief counseling, financial counseling, benefits coordination, support groups and Garrison and surrounding area events.
Find general information about TSGLI, including coverage, premiums, eligibility and claims, payment of benefits and contact information.
Read the law that provides sole survivors a number of benefits already offered to those honorably separating from military service.
Provides information on casualty assistance officers, military funeral honors and other information for survivors.
Provides information on the military Survivor Benefits plan, which pays eligible survivors of military retirees an inflation-adjusted monthly income.
Provides information on eligibility, governing law, DoD policy and other information on military funeral honors.
Learn how surviving spouses can apply for VA compensation or pension benefit for the month of the Veteran's death.
Learn about Army benefits, including pay, education, family services, health care, life insurance, soldier services, transitioning and retirement, Social Security, casualty/survivor and VA benefits.
Provides both general and individualized benefits information to the survivors of a fallen soldier.
Contact Navy casualty personnel toll-free at (1-800-368-3202).
Ensures prompt and uniform death benefits are provided to all Navy beneficiaries worldwide.
Provides information on non-Service-connected death benefits available through the VA, and a checklist to prepare for legal and financial issues that may arise in the event of a non-Service-connected death.
Provides a basic monthly payment for an eligible surviving spouse. The monthly payment is increased for each dependent child, and also if the surviving spouse is housebound or in need of aid and attendance. VA also adds a transitional benefit to the surviving spouse's monthly DIC if there are children under age 18. The amount is based on a family unit, not individual children. Surviving parents are also eligible for this program.
Provides information on Survivor Benefit Plan compensation for members of the Reserve Component. Links to a Reserve survivor benefits calculator and fact sheet on the right sidebar of the page.
Learn about Social Security benefits available to widows, widowers and other family members.
Provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of certain Veterans. A fact sheet on the VA SDEA program is also available.
Provides a compilation of resources for Army personnel in Europe on various topics from Casualty Assistance and Survivor Support, Family Readiness Support, Reintegration, Civilian Deployment to Rear Detachment Command Regulations.
Provides procedures required for enrollment in TSGLI, including general provisions, coverage, procedures for certification, payment of benefits, denial and appeals process and more.
Provides information and access to services where and when the surviving family members desire. Go to this link to find all the benefits available through the Army for survivors.
Provides information on survivor benefits including Dependency & Indemnity Compensation (DIC), the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program (DEA) and other programs. Learn more about the DEA program.
Provides information on eligibility and ordering headstones and markers.
Serves as a resource regarding all benefits and services provided by the VA to survivors and dependents of deceased Veterans and members of the Armed Forces.
Learn about the VA's actions to identify and pay surviving spouses who are eligible to receive a one-time compensation or pension payment for the month of the Veteran's death. Surviving spouses should contact the Survivors Call Center at 1-800-749-8387.
Provides support to Veterans and retiree widows across the country by assisting with benefits and claims, keeping aware of new legislative changes and news affecting benefits, and providing a sense of togetherness with other Veterans' widows/ers.
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