If you are a South Carolina National Guard member and you are injured, become ill, become disabled or die in the line of duty, you are covered by South Carolina’s workers’ compensation laws and can claim benefits and compensation under them.
Report the injury or illness through your chain of command and file a workers’ compensation claim through the South Carolina National Guard. Survivors should contact the Guard for the death benefit claim.
Your duty orders, a line of duty determination, and your medical records for the injury or illness. Survivors also need the death certificate and proof of their relationship to the service member.
