VA Expands Gravesite Benefits
An outer burial receptacle (OBR) is typically placed in a gravesite before a casket is lowered. This contributes to safe and well-maintained cemeteries by preventing the sinking of headstones and the surrounding soil. VA already furnishes OBRs for casketed burials in national cemeteries, but beginning on Nov. 9, 2024, it will implement a new authority to provide OBRs in VA grant-funded cemeteries. Eligible beneficiaries may apply for a monetary allowance for OBRs that are privately purchased or provided by a grant-funded cemetery if the OBR is placed at the time of interment. Read more about this benefit expansion.
Thank you for this info. There was some new info on burial I read a few days ago, had to do with benefits and spouses. Did you read that, it was about getting headstone and other benefits that spouses could not be buried with them? I didn’t think they could be anyways. It’s on the site I have seen you get some of the info you post. I may be reading it wrong too.
Spouse have ALWAYS been eligible to be buried with their spouse in VA Cementaties. My aunt is buried next to my uncle at the Calverton VA Cementary on Long Island. Not sure what you read, but this is the fact. I hope this is clear as mud.