SC law covers disfigurement that is serious and permanent of the:
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other area normally exposed in employment.
NOTE: SC disfigurement benefits are offsettable as WC. Disfigurement benefits pay for a
maximum of 50 weeks.
SC does not allow the payment of disfigurement benefits if the individual is receiving
time loss payments, with one exception.
EXCEPTION: SC WC law allows for simultaneous payment of time loss and a disfigurement benefit
for serious burns and keloid scars.