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Wartime Veteran's Survivors Grant

For children and spouses of veterans killed or badly injured in combat action since 11 September 2001 — including an 80% disability route.

Verified August 18, 2026

What this benefit is

For children and spouses of veterans killed or badly injured in combat action since 11 September 2001 — including an 80% disability route.

What it's worth: A grant toward tuition at a Missouri institution

  • The 11 September 2001 date is a hard boundary — combat service before it does not open this grant.

Who is entitled to it

  • It reaches a child or a spouse.
  • The veteran died from combat action, from an illness contracted in combat action, or became 80% disabled from combat injuries.
  • Your home is in Missouri.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Check the eligibility gate that actually decides this one — it is rarely the disability rating alone.
  2. 2Apply through the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development before the academic year begins.
Form
Survivors Grant application
File with
the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Documents you will need
dd214 · va benefit summary letter
Each term
Claimed per academic term.
Worth knowingEighty percent, not one hundred. The disability route opens well below the total rating most survivor programmes demand — but the injury must trace to COMBAT ACTION, which is narrower than service connection.
Known gapWe publish the eligibility and not the award amount. The grant is appropriation-dependent and the maximum moves.

Sources

Why only one source type: The administering agency publishes the eligibility and the award on its own programme page, which is both authority and operating source.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.