Service members who die while on active duty and veterans discharged under conditions other than dishonorable may be eligible for the following VA burial benefits: (1) burial in a VA national cemetery; (2) government-furnished headstone or marker; (3) Presidential Memorial Certificate; (4) burial flag; and in some cases, (5) reimbursement of burial expenses. With certain exceptions, service beginning after Sept. 7, 1980, as an enlisted person, and after Oct. 16, 1981, as an officer, must be for a minimum of 24 consecutive months or the full period for which the person was called to active duty to establish burial benefits eligibility. Reservists and National Guard members are eligible if they were entitled to retired pay at the time of death, or would have been entitled had they not been under the age of 60. Certain Filipino veterans of World War II, to include those who served in the Philippine Commonwealth Army (USAFFE) or recognized guerrilla forces, may be eligible if the veteran, at the time of death, was a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who had resided in the United States. Persons convicted of a federal or state capital crime, and sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole, are barred from receiving

VA burial benefits.

The following health conditions are presumptively recognized for service connection. Vietnam veterans with one or more of these conditions do not have to show that their illness(es) is (are) related to their military service to get disability compensation. VA presumes that their condition is service-connected. Conditions Recognized in Veterans Chloracne (must occur within 1 year of exposure to Agent Orange) Non-Hodkin's lymphoma.