---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 3.1700"
title: "38"
number: "3.1700"
heading: "Types of VA burial benefits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/3.1700"
---

# §3.1700. Types of VA burial benefits.

- (a) **Burial benefits.** VA provides the following types of burial benefits, which are discussed in [§§ 3.1700 through 3.1712](/cfr/38/3.1700..3.1712.md):
  - (1) Burial allowance based on service-connected death;
  - (2) Burial allowance based on non-service-connected death;
  - (3) Burial allowance for a veteran who died while hospitalized by VA;
  - (4) Burial plot or interment allowance; and
  - (5) **Reimbursement for transportation of remains.**
- (b) **Definitions.** For the purposes of this subpart:
  - (1) Burial means all the legal methods of disposing of the remains of a deceased person, including, but not limited to, cremation, burial at sea, and medical school donation.
  - (2) **Covered veterans' cemetery—** is a designation for an eligible cemetery considered in the determination of transportation benefits under [§ 3.1709](/cfr/38/3.1709.md) that meets the following criteria:
    - (i) A deceased veteran as described in [38 U.S.C. 2308(b)](/usc/38/2308.md?p=b) is eligible to be buried within the cemetery;
    - (ii) The cemetery is either owned by a State or is on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, a Tribal organization; and
    - (iii) The cemetery is one for which the Secretary has made a grant under [38 U.S.C. 2408](/usc/38/2408.md).
- (c) **Cross references.**
  - (1) Other benefits and services related to the memorialization or interment of a deceased veteran and certain survivors include the following:
    - (i) Burial in a national cemetery (see §§ [38.600](/cfr/38/38.600.md) and [38.617 through 38.629](/cfr/38/38.617..38.629.md) of this chapter);
    - (ii) Presidential memorial certificates (see [38 U.S.C. 112](/usc/38/112.md));
    - (iii) Burial flags (see [§ 1.10](/cfr/38/1.10.md) of this chapter); and
    - (iv) Headstones or markers (see [§§ 38.630 through 38.633](/cfr/38/38.630..38.633.md) of this chapter).
  - (2) The provisions of [§§ 3.1702 through 3.1711](/cfr/38/3.1702..3.1711.md) do not apply to any of the programs listed in [paragraph (c)(1)](#c-1) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 32658, June 6, 2014, as amended at 89 FR 78253, Sept. 25, 2024]

### Source

Source: 79 FR 32658, June 6, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 105 Stat. 386, 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 2303-2308, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 32658, June 6, 2014, as amended at 89 FR 78253, Sept. 25, 2024]