The VA provides monthly compensation benefits to the surviving children and spouses of veterans who died from mesothelioma or lung cancer acquired in service.
Dependency & Indemnity Compensation (DIC) Survivor Benefits
Surviving Child
When qualifying for DIC as a surviving child, our applicants typically meet the following requirements.
- I am not included on a surviving spouse’s DIC
- I am unmarried
- I am under age 18, or between 18 and 23 and attending school
Surviving Spouse
When qualifying for DIC as a surviving spouse, our applicants typically meet one of the following requirements.
- I married the veteran before January 1, 1957.
- I married the veteran within 15 years of discharge from the period of military service in which the disease that caused the veteran’s death began.
- I had a child with the veteran AND I cohabitated with the veteran continuously until his/her death OR if separated, I was not at fault for the separation AND I am not currently remarried.
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