About
The VA offers a variety of benefits and services to spouses, children, and parents of Servicemembers and Veterans who are deceased or totally and permanently disabled by a service-connected disability.
Types of Benefits Available:
- Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC): http://benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/types-dependency_and_indemnity.asp
Survivors Pension
- The Survivors Pension benefit, which may also be referred to as Death Pension, is a tax-free monetary benefit payable to a low-income, un-remarried surviving spouse and/or unmarried child(ren) of a deceased Veteran with wartime service. http://www.benefits.va.gov/pension/spousepen.asp