The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding benefits to help pay for veterans' end-of-life expenses, the department announced Friday. The expanded benefits include reimbursements for transporting ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged criticism of its plan to distribute memorial urns and plaques in a final rule published Friday -- namely, that accepting an urn might bar later burials ...

Dear Savvy Senior: What types of funeral benefits are available to veterans? My 83-year-old father, who has Alzheimer’s disease, served during the Vietnam War. — Planning Ahead Dear Planning Ahead: ...

What types of funeral benefits are available to old veterans? My 83-year-old father, who has Alzheimer’s disease, served during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) ...

LANSING, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A change in policy for the men and women who have served our country inspired by the journey ...

Burial insurance, also known as final expense or end-of-life insurance, can be a more affordable alternative to traditional life insurance. It's a whole life policy that covers burial, funeral and ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs wants to raise awareness about a final honor for our nation's veterans. The government says burial benefits frequently go unused and they ...

When a Social Security beneficiary dies, their loved ones may qualify for a one-time $255 lump-sum death payment. Yet that amount has not changed in 70 years — since 1954 — while inflation has pushed ...

The payment of the one-time death payment is limited to a “spouse who was living with the deceased at the time of death.” Jupiterimages / Getty Images Q: My husband of 49 years died a few months ago.