“The issue stemmed from a previous burial conducted by the City of San ... expect — that the urn would be buried without an urn vault,” the company added in its answer.

"Despite the initial surprise, we immediately concluded that the liquid could not have reached the inside of the urn through flooding or leakage in the burial chamber, nor through condensation ...

"We understand that double-dipping benefits (receiving the urn benefit and then the burial plot benefit) is prohibited," according to the association. "However, a veteran and his/her spouse are ...

the team uncovered a sealed burial chamber from the early first century C.E.—untouched for 2,000 years. Six of the eight wall niches in the underground vault contained urns and grave goods ...