Posted on May 11, 2023
I'm rated at 80%, if I pass on will my wife be eligible to receive any benefits?
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Benefits Advisor
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The answer is "Maybe". The VA's site* for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) shows the eligibility requirements. She wouldn't get your entire disability pension, but she would get a benefit (again, if eligible).
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* https://www.va.gov/disability/dependency-indemnity-compensation/
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* https://www.va.gov/disability/dependency-indemnity-compensation/
About VA DIC for spouses, dependents, and parents | Veterans Affairs
If you’re the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a service member who died in the line of duty, or the survivor of a Veteran who died from a service-related injury or illness, you may be able to get a tax-free monetary benefit called VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (VA DIC). Find out if you can get VA benefits or compensation.
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DIC is only payable to surviving spouses if Veteran is rated at 100%. This also includes TDIU.. Other eligibility factors also come into play, but are moot if you don't meet the first.
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COL Randall C.
SP5 Peter Keane - understand, but your reply was that the servicemember had to be 100% disabled ("DIC is only payable...if Veteran is rated at 100%"), and that's not accurate.
The percentage doesn't matter. If the veteran died of a service-related illness or injury, than the spouse would be eligible.
The percentage doesn't matter. If the veteran died of a service-related illness or injury, than the spouse would be eligible.
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PO, what you are asking about is DIC "Dependent Indemnity Compe3nsation". The answer is yes if you pass away from a service connected disability that has already been adjudicated. The answer is No if you die from a non-service connected disability. However, there are exceptions to every rule; however, I wouldn't hold my breath.
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