{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-11-810","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 25-11-810","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this article:\n(1) \"Claim\" means any application for any benefits administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the United States Department of Defense, or the United States Department of Homeland Security, and includes any associated appeals regarding such benefits.\n(2) \"Compensation\" means payment of money, a thing of value, or a financial benefit.\n(3) \"Person\" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.\n(4) \"Veterans' benefits matter\" means the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of a claim affecting an individual who has filed or expressed an intent to file a claim for benefits, to include any program, service, commodity, function, or status, administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the United States Department of Defense, or the United States Department of Homeland Security pertaining to veterans, their dependents, their survivors, and any other individual eligible for such benefits.\n(5) \"Claimant\" means the veteran or the surviving spouse, dependent children, dependent parents, fiduciary, or legal representative of the veteran who is applying for, or submitting a claim for, any benefit under this article.","path":["Title 25 - MILITARY, CIVIL DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS","CHAPTER 11 Department of Veterans' Affairs","ARTICLE 8 Safeguarding Veterans' Benefits"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t25c011.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T03:26:20Z","sha256":"83d7c678d0f85a66dcb943b20a603a95f03415958f6c87ead46d16cb718b2e25","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-11-730","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-11-820"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}