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Default Searching multiple columns

I hope I can explain this clearly enough. And I thank you in advance for any
suggestions or thoughts on this.

I have 3 columns of data (locations are dynamic, but the column headers will
always be as shown below)
I want to search the first column for a specific benefit, then search the
second column using those rows that had the value from the first search. I
want to search the second column for a match, then search the third column
(based on results from the previous matches) and find a final value in a
fourth column.

Example:
"benefit_name" "benefit_amount_name"
"benefit_amount_method"

Long Term Care
SSAB
Long Term Disability
Capital Accumulation Account CAA Salary
Percent
SSAB
Vision
Capital Accumulation Account Salary Deferral Fixed Amount
SSAB
Long Term Disability
Capital Accumulation Account CAA Remaining
Allowance Pct.


I want to find the Capital Accumulation Account benefit where the
benefit_amount_name = CAA and the benefit_amount_method = Remaining Allowance
Pct.

If I could do this in VBA, that would be slick. I want this to be unseen by
the end user. I just want to grab the value I'm looking for and plop it into
a cell.
Is there a way to do this?
 
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