Dependency Indemnity Compensation

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Veterans who pass away due to military service could be eligible for surviving spouses to receive benefits. This is known as the Dependency Indemnity Compensation (DIC). A monthly, tax-free monetary benefit paid to eligible survivors of military Service members who died in the line of duty or eligible survivors of Veterans whose death resulted from a service-related injury or disease.


Veteran Eligibility

For this to be paid to eligible survivors, the veteran needs to fall under one of the following sections.

Military service member who died while on active duty
A veteran whose death resulted from a service-related injury or disease
A veteran whose death occurred from a non-service-related injury or illness, and who was receiving full VA Compensation for a service-connected disability.
for at least ten years immediately before death
since the veteran’s release from active duty and for at least five years immediately preceding death
for at least one year before death if the vet was a former prisoner of war who died after September 30, 1999

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