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TIPS & CLIPS

Tips and Clips

Pre-need eligibility for burial in a VA cemetery

You can apply to find out in is called a pre-need determination of eligibility—and it
advance if you can be buried in can help make the burial planning process easier for your
a VA national cemetery. This family members in their time of need.

www.va.gov/burials-memorials/eligibility
Joanne Elliott, YNC
National President

VA Survivors Pension

A VA Survivors Pension offers monthly payments to qual- worth limits set by Congress. Find out if you qualify and
ified surviving spouses and unmarried dependent children how to apply.
of wartime Veterans who meet certain income and net

www.va.gov/disability/get-help-filing-claim

When You Should Update DEERS

Update DEERS whenever you have a change (this list is not all-inclusive):

n Change in sponsor's status: n Getting married or divorced
 Retiring or separating from active duty n Having a baby
 National Guard or Reserve member activation n Moving to a new location for any reason
or deactivation
 Change in service status (e.g. enlisted to officer, n Becoming eligible for Medicare
branch change) n Death of sponsor or family member

TSA PreCheck

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck n Service members are automatically enrolled and do
is a voluntary, expedited security screening process offered not need to opt-in.
at more than 120 domestic airports.
For step-by-step participation instructions, please see
The program is open at no cost to Department of Defense the TSA PreCheck Program page on the Defense Travel
(DoD) civilians and Service members. Management Office website.
n Civilians must opt-in to the program using the ID
Card Office (IDCO) Online application.

www.travel.dod.mil/Programs/Commercial-Air/TSA-PreCheck

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