VA Benefits Overview

• For veterans with an injury, illness, or condition connected to their service.
• Discharge must be under conditions other than dishonorable.
• Service requirements may include:
  • 90 days of wartime service
  • 181 days of continuous peacetime service
  • 2 years of active duty (post-1980 enlistments)
• Veterans discharged early due to a service-connected disability may still qualify.

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• For wartime veterans who are permanently and totally disabled, or age 65 and older.
• Requires service during VA-recognized wartime periods:
  • World War II: Sept 16, 1940 – Jul 25, 1947
  • Korean Conflict: Jun 27, 1950 – Jan 31, 1955
  • Vietnam Era: Aug 5, 1964 – May 7, 1975
  • Persian Gulf War: Aug 2, 1990 – Present (2 years or full active-duty call)
• Income and net worth limits apply.

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• For surviving spouses, parents, or children of service members who died in the line of duty or from service-connected conditions.
• May include monthly DIC payments, education assistance, or a VA home loan guaranty for surviving spouses.

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Provides health care coverage for eligible spouses and children of:

• Veterans permanently and totally disabled by a service-connected condition, OR
• Veterans who died from a service-connected condition

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Eligible veterans, spouses, and certain dependents may qualify for:

• Burial in a VA national cemetery
• Government-furnished headstone or marker
• Burial allowance and flag
• Burial of eligible family members

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