Survivor Benefits

For Gold Star spouses, the pain of losing their husbands in the line of duty can be almost unbearable.

The bill would correct a flaw from previous legislation that lawmakers say has forced veterans' families to forgo a burial at...

A 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and an average 5.4% increase in the Basic Allowance for Housing are...

The VA Survivors Pension is a tax-free benefit for low-income orphans and widows of deceased wartime veterans.

Spouses of disabled veterans are eligible for many benefits, but getting them can be difficult. We make it easy with this...

Dependency and Indemnity Compensation is a monthly benefit paid to eligible survivors of deceased service members or veterans...

Survivors will receive a slightly-below-average increase in 2025.

Those vets or family members who hadn’t yet filed a PACT Act claim but instead declared their “intent to file” a claim ahead...

A new rule takes effect July 1 that expands higher education benefits to more children of fallen service members, while also...

The caisson platoon, the Army's military horses that transport caskets of fallen service members to their Arlington burial...