Casket/Urn Allowance

OMB 2900-0799

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) has established VA regulations to implement statutory authority for NCA to provide reimbursement for the purchase of caskets and urns for the interment of the remains of Veterans without next of kin (NOK) and sufficient resource available for burial.

The latest form for Casket/Urn Allowance expires 2023-07-31 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Form VA40-10088 Casket/Urn Allowance Form and Instruction
VA Form 40-10088 Request For Casket and Urn Allowance For a deceased Veteran.pdf Supplementary Document
Description of Non-substantive Changes to VA Form 40-10088 03-08-2023.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
Description of Changes to VA Form 40-10088 (OMB Number 2900-0799) 8172022.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
Supporting Statement A_Casket.Urn Allowance (VA Form 40-10088) 06 15 2023.docx Supporting Statement A
Casket/Urn Allowance Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

202304-2900-001 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2023-06-27
202303-2900-005 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2023-03-09
202208-2900-011 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2022-08-24
201908-2900-006 Approved without change	Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	2020-06-04
201504-2900-006 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2015-05-13
201501-2900-008 Comment filed on proposed rule	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2015-02-12
201312-2900-009 Comment filed on proposed rule	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2013-12-19