smc question

[jboyd]

i am 100% p%t cmt(pn) camp lejeune water hazard with smc k-1,l-1,p-1,p-3..my question is what should my pay be???? thank you for your help..

[broncovet]

Well, I dont know how many dependents you have.  But you can look it up here:

https://www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/resources_comp02.asp

I also dont know what you mean by "P-3" and "P-1".  There is a SMC P, but Im unfamiliar with P1, or P3, and the chart does not mention these terms either.  

For example, If you are SMC P and SMC K, you would add "K"  (108.57) to SMC P (5338.04) and you should get  5446.61 for a single Vet, no dependents.  

[jboyd]

Special Monthly Compensation Benefits
You are receiving the following compensations Learn More

SMC (L-1) Effective Date : 02/07/2018
Entitled to special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114, subsection (l) and 38 CFR 3.350(b) on account of being so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance entitlement to continue while hospitalized at U.S. government expense from 02/07/2018 to 04/04/2018.
Rating Date : 02/13/2018

SMC (L-1) Effective Date : 04/05/2018
Entitled to special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114, subsection (l) and 38 CFR 3.350(b) on account of loss of use of both feet from 04/05/2018.
Rating Date : 05/07/2018

SMC (P-1) Effective Date : 04/05/2018
Entitled to special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114, subsection (p) and 38 CFR 3.350(f)(3) at the rate intermediate between subsection (l) and subsection (m) on account of entitlement to the rate equal to subsection (l) with additional disability, left upper extremity paralysis of the radial, median, ulnar, and lower radicular group due to Charcot Marie Tooth Disease type II (previously evaluated as Charcot Marie Tooth Disease type II; left upper extremity) independently ratable at 50 percent or more from 04/05/2018.
Rating Date : 05/07/2018

SMC (K-1) Effective Date : 04/05/2018
Entitled to special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114, subsection (k) and 38 CFR 3.350(a) on account of loss of use of one hand from 04/05/2018.
Rating Date : 05/07/2018

SMC (P-3) Effective Date : 04/05/2018
Entitled to special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1114, subsection (p) and 38 CFR 3.350(f)(5) at the next higher rate or intermediate rate of subsection (m) due to the loss of three extremities from 04/05/2018.
Rating Date : 05/07/2018

[jboyd]

spouse..no dependents.

[Richard1954]

1 hour ago, jboyd said:

You are receiving the following compensations

.  SMC L1 is the basic rate for Aid and Attendance,.in addition  Because you have at least a separate 50% rating you were bumped up  a half step,  Which is called P 1,  or on the pay charts its called  L 1/2 , 

 Because you have loss of  3 three extremities you were bumped to the  M level of compensation.   You do not get  3 different payments, you get the payment listed under M. Plus the K award . If you have dependents you get more than the basic M. The pay chart is easy to understand

https://www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/resources_comp02.asp

See the PVA attached guide its a little old but explains it a lot easier than other guides.

864394073_PVAGuidetoSMCs.pdf

Edited October 16, 2019 by Richard1954
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[jboyd]

now i understand this...thank you

 

[broncovet]

Thanks, Richard for posting this PVA guide.  Im not sure where the PVA got it from, but I will assume its correct.