VA Survivors & Burial Benefits

VA Survivors & Burial Benefits
Mar 2, 2021 Gayle Gerling Pettinga Read Time: < 1 minute

March 2, 2021 – What do you need to do when a loved one who served in our military dies? There are many benefits survivors may be entitled to.  The VA has created a Survivors and Burial Benefits kit to assist veterans and their families after the loss of a loved one. 

These kits include helpful information regarding government headstones or markers, burial benefits, Dependency, and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), Dependents Education Assistance, special monthly pension, and much more. 

Tips on how to complete applications for assistance are also included. Additional information or assistance can be found here.

Reference: “How to plan your legacy with the VA Survivors and Burial Benefits kit”, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, VAntage Point Official Blog of the U.S. Dept of Veteran Affairs, VA News Release, March 2, 2021, https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/85171/plan-legacy-va-survivors-burial-benefits-kit/

By: Gayle Gerling Pettinga

Born and raised in Evansville, Gayle is a respected, experienced lawyer and a valued community leader. She graduated near the top of her class at Indiana University’s prestigious Maurer School of Law. She’s practiced law with one of the largest firms in Indianapolis as well as one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. And that means she knows how big law firms and big companies think and how they operate – and she will put that knowledge to work for you.

Gayle has received numerous awards and honors including Martindale-Hubbell — Peer Review Rated: AV®, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys 10 Best Attorneys in Indiana for Exceptional and Outstanding Client Service, and YWCA Evansville 100 Years, 100 Women Honoree, 2011.

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