Legal Tip Tuesday: Understanding DIC Claims
July 7, 2026
Author: Erika N. Dowd, Esq.
Video Transcript
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits may be available to surviving spouses and dependent children of veterans. Attorney Erika Dowd explains what families need to know on today’s Legal Tip Tuesday.
Transcript
My name is Erika Dowd and this is your Legal Tip Tuesday with Quatrini Law Group. We’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about whether we do DIC benefit claims. DIC benefits or dependence indemnity compensation is a type of benefit from the Department of Veterans Affairs for survivors of deceased veterans. Survivors are only eligible for the claim if they are a spouse or dependent child who has lost their source of income through the veteran. The veteran had to be either 100% service connected for another condition or service connected for the condition which ultimately caused their death. If you think you may be eligible for this claim, yes, we do do DIC claims when we can be helpful. We do have other attorneys we work with who can be helpful if it is not something we can help with, but we are more than happy to answer any questions you may have. So, please reach out. This has been Erika Dowd with your Legal Tip Tuesday.

