Calculate Special Monthly Compensation (SMC)

See SMC levels K through T, what each one pays, and how SMC stacks on top of your schedular rating.

  1. SMC overview How SMC works and the lettered levels K-T.
  2. SMC-S (housebound) Read the SMC-S housebound criteria.
  3. SMC-L (Aid & Attendance) Read the SMC-L A&A criteria.
  4. SMC-K (loss of use) Read the SMC-K loss-of-use criteria.
  5. SMC-T (TBI) Read the SMC-T TBI-with-aid criteria.
  6. SMC-M: loss combinations Read the SMC-M loss-combination criteria.
  7. SMC-N: higher combinations Read the SMC-N higher-combination criteria.
  8. SMC-O: blindness / paralysis Read the SMC-O blindness and paralysis criteria.
  9. SMC-P: intermediate rates Read the SMC-P intermediate-rate criteria.
  10. SMC-R1 / R2: special aid Read the SMC-R1 and R2 special-aid-and-attendance criteria.
  11. SMC appeals at the Board How the Board has decided SMC claims.

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