64.105: Pension to Veterans Surviving Spouses, and Children
Alternate Name: Death Pension
Overview
Program Number
64.105
Status
Inactive
Last Modified
Sept. 2, 2020
Date Posted
Sept. 2, 2020
Objective
To assist needy surviving spouses, and children of deceased war-time veterans whose deaths were not service connected.
Type of Assistance
D - Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use
Applicant Eligibility
Unmarried surviving spouses and children of deceased Veterans who met the wartime service requirements or was a wartime Veteran who was receiving (or was entitled to receive) disability compensation at the time of death. Veterans who entered service after September 7, 1980, must also have met the minimum active duty requirement of 24 months of continuous service or the full period to which the Veteran was called to active duty. Veterans discharged on or after October 16, 1981, must have served for two years or the length to which called to active duty, if less than two years, or have a service-connected disability (38 U.S.C. 5303(A)). Income restrictions are prescribed in 38 U.S.C. 1541 and 1542. A child must be unmarried and under 18, between 18 and 23 if in school, or disabled before 18 and continuously incapable of self-support. Pension is not payable to those whose estates are so large that it is reasonable they use the estate for maintenance.
A Veteran meets wartime service requirements if he/she served:
• a total of 90 days or more during one or more periods of war;
• 90 or more consecutive days that began or ended during a period of war; or
• for any length of time during a period of war if he/she was discharged or released for a service-connected disability.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Low income surviving spouses and children of deceased war-time Veterans.
Related Programs
Additional Information
Grant Awards
Pension to Veterans Surviving Spouses, and Children direct grants
Grant Opportunities