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VA Code § 65.2-403 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 4 - Occupational Diseases|§ 65.2-403. Provisions in respect to injury by accident, etc., applicable to occupational disease

A. When the employer and employee are subject to the provisions of this title, first communication of the diagnosis of an occupational disease to the employee or death of the employee resulting from an occupational disease as herein listed and defined shall be treated as the happening of an injury by accident, and the employee or in case of his death his dependents shall be entitled to compensation as provided by this title.B. An employee who has an occupational disease that is covered by this title shall be entitled to the same hospital, medical and miscellaneous benefits as an employee who has a compensable injury by accident, except that the period during which the employer shall be required to furnish medical attention, including reasonably necessary diagnostic services, shall begin fifteen days prior to the date of first communication of the diagnosis of the occupational disease to the employee. In the event of death the same funeral benefits shall be paid as in the case of death from a compensable accident.Code 1950, § 65-46; 1966, c. 504; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-49; 1984, c. 414; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-404 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 4 - Occupational Diseases|§ 65.2-404. What employer and carrier liability

A. When an employee has an occupational disease that is covered by this title, the employer in whose employment he was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of the disease and the employer's insurance carrier, if any, at the time of the exposure, shall alone be liable therefor, without right to contribution from any prior employer or insurance carrier.B. For the purposes of this section, "injurious exposure" means an exposure to the causative hazard of such disease which is reasonably calculated to bring on the disease in question. Exposure to the causative hazard of pneumoconiosis for ninety work shifts shall be conclusively presumed to constitute injurious exposure.C. The operator of a coal mining business covered by this title who acquires the business or substantially all of the assets thereof is liable for, and must secure the payment of, all benefits which would have been payable by the prior operator under this section with respect to persons previously employed by such business if the acquisition had not occurred and the prior operator had continued to operate the business; and the prior operator of the business is not relieved of any liability under this section.Code 1950, §§ 65-47, 65-49; 1952, c. 205; 1960, c. 297; 1962, c. 588; 1968, c. 660, §§ 65.1-50, 65.1-52; 1970, c. 470; 1972, cc. 612, 619; 1974, c. 201; 1975, cc. 27, 471; 1979, cc. 80, 201; 1982, c. 82; 1983, c. 469; 1984, c. 411; 1985, c. 191; 1989, c. 502; 1990, c. 417; 1991 c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-405 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 4 - Occupational Diseases|§ 65.2-405. Notice to be given

A. Within sixty days after a diagnosis of an occupational disease is first communicated to the employee, he, or someone in his behalf, shall give written notice thereof to the employer in accordance with § 65.2-600, but in no case shall the failure to give notice deprive the employee of his cause of action for an occupational disease, unless it be shown that such failure resulted in clear prejudice to the employer.B. The statute of limitations provided under subdivision A 1 of § 65.2-406 shall be tolled until the employer gives the employee notice in substantially the following form:NOTICE TO EMPLOYEE IN THE EVENT A DIAGNOSIS OF COAL MINERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS (INCLUDING BLACK LUNG, SILICOSIS, PNEUMOCONIOSIS, COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS, ROCK DUST, DUST, DUST ON YOUR LUNGS OR TERMS OF SIMILAR MEANING) IS COMMUNICATED TO YOU, YOU MAY HAVE A WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM. HOWEVER, SUCH CLAIM MAY BE LOST IF YOU DO NOT FILE IT WITH THE VIRGINIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT PROVIDED BY LAW. YOU MAY FIND OUT WHAT TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO YOUR CLAIM BY CONTACTING THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION. THE FACT THAT YOU ARE TOLD THAT YOU HAVE COAL MINERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHICH HAS NOT REACHED THE COMPENSABLE LEVEL UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION OR THAT YOU ARE STILL ABLE TO WORK OR ARE WORKING DOES NOT STOP THE TIME FROM RUNNING OR OTHERWISE RELIEVE YOU OF YOUR DUTY TO FILE YOUR CLAIM WITH THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION.Such notice shall also include the address and telephone number which the employee may use to contact the Commission.The employer shall post and keep posted, conspicuously, the above notice in, on, or about the mine operations in places usually frequented by employees.C. The provisions of subsection B shall apply only to claims arising on or after July 1, 1991.Code 1950, § 65-48; 1952, c. 205; 1958, c. 457; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-51; 1970, c. 470; 1972, c. 619; 1991, cc. 301, 355.
VA Code § 65.2-407 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 4 - Occupational Diseases|§ 65.2-407. Waiver

A. When an employee or prospective employee, though not incapacitated for work, is found to be affected by, or susceptible to, a specific occupational disease he may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be permitted to waive in writing compensation for any aggravation of his condition that may result from his working or continuing to work in the same or similar occupation for the same employer.B. The Commission shall approve a waiver for coal worker's pneumoconiosis and silicosis only when presented with X-ray evidence from a physician qualified in the opinion of the Commission to make the determination and which demonstrates a positive diagnosis of the pneumoconiosis or the existence of a lung condition which makes the employee or prospective employee significantly more susceptible to the pneumoconiosis.C. In considering approval of a waiver, the Commission may supply any medical evidence to a disinterested physician for his opinion as to whether the employee is affected by the disease or has the preexisting condition.Code 1950, § 65-50; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-53; 1970, c. 517; 1979, c. 201; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-501 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-501. Incapacity after permanent loss

After compensation has been paid as provided in § 65.2-503, the employee may, within one year from the date compensation was last due under this section, file an application for compensation for incapacity to work, subject to the provisions of §§ 65.2-500 and 65.2-502. Such application shall be considered and determined as of the date incapacity for work actually begins or as of the date ninety days prior to the date of filing, whichever is later.Code 1950, § 65-53; 1964, cc. 116, 190; 1968, cc. 347, 660, § 65.1-56; 1970, c. 470; 1972, c. 229; 1975, cc. 446, 450; 1976, c. 655; 1982, c. 326; 1983, c. 287; 1987, c. 560; 1988, cc. 564, 596.
VA Code § 65.2-505 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-505. Injuries in different employments; injury to employee with disability; subsequent permanent injury by accident in service to employer

A. Except for hearing or vision loss that has not reached a compensable level of disability, if an employee has a permanent disability or has sustained a permanent injury in service in the armed forces of the United States or in another employment other than that in which he receives a subsequent permanent injury by accident, such as specified in § 65.2-503, he shall be entitled to compensation only for the degree of incapacity which would have resulted from the later accident if the earlier disability or injury had not existed.B. Except for hearing or vision loss that has not reached a compensable level of disability, if an employee has a permanent disability or has sustained a permanent injury in service to his employer and receives a subsequent permanent injury by accident, such as specified in § 65.2-503, he shall be entitled to compensation only for the degree of incapacity which would have resulted from the later accident if the earlier disability or injury had not existed.Code 1950, § 65-55; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-58; 1991, c. 355; 1996, c. 448.
VA Code § 65.2-506 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-506. Compensation after second injury in same employment

If an employee receives an injury for which compensation is payable while he is still receiving or entitled to compensation for a previous injury in the same employment, he shall not at the same time be entitled to compensation for both injuries, but if he is, at the time of the second injury, receiving compensation under the provisions of § 65.2-503, payments of compensation thereunder shall be suspended during the period compensation is paid on account of the second injury, and after the termination of payments of compensation for the second injury, payments on account of the first injury shall be resumed and continued until the entire amount originally awarded has been paid. However, if, at the time of the second injury, he is receiving compensation under the provisions of § 65.2-502, then no compensation shall be payable on account of the first injury during the period he receives compensation for the second injury.Code 1950, § 65-56; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-59; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-507 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-507. Same employment; when both injuries permanent

If an employee receives a permanent injury as specified in § 65.2-503, after having sustained another permanent injury in the same employment, he shall be entitled to compensation for both injuries, but the total compensation shall be paid by extending the period and not by increasing the amount of weekly compensation.Code 1950, § 65-57; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-60; 1972, c. 619; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-508 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-508. Foreign injuries

A. When an accident happens while the employee is employed elsewhere than in this Commonwealth which would entitle him or his dependents to compensation if it had happened in this Commonwealth, the employee or his dependents shall be entitled to compensation, if:1. The contract of employment was made in this Commonwealth; and2. The employer's place of business is in this Commonwealth;provided the contract of employment was not expressly for service exclusively outside of the Commonwealth.B. However, if an employee shall receive compensation or damages under the laws of any other state, nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to permit a total compensation for the same injury greater than is provided for in this title.Code 1950, § 65-58; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-61; 1976, c. 151; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-509 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-509. Commencement of compensation

No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven calendar days of incapacity resulting from an injury except the benefits provided for in § 65.2-603; but if incapacity extends beyond that period, compensation shall commence with the eighth day of disability. If, however, such incapacity shall continue for a period of more than three weeks, then compensation shall be allowed from the first day of such incapacity.Code 1950, § 65-59; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-62; 1976, c. 165; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-510 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-510. Refusal of employment; compensation for partial incapacity

A. If an injured employee refuses employment procured for him suitable to his capacity, he shall only be entitled to the benefits provided for in §§ 65.2-503 and 65.2-603, excluding vocational rehabilitation services provided for in subdivision A 3 of § 65.2-603, during the continuance of such refusal, unless in the opinion of the Commission such refusal was justified.B. If an injured employee cures his unjustified refusal by accepting employment suitable to his capacity at a wage less than that originally offered, the employer shall pay or cause to be paid to the injured employee during his partial incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-502, a weekly compensation equal to 66 2/3 percent of the difference between his average weekly wages before his injury and the average weekly wage the employee would have earned by accepting the original proffered light duty employment.C. A cure of unjustified refusal pursuant to subsection A may not be established if the unjustified refusal lasts more than six months from the last day for which compensation was paid before suspension pursuant to this section; however, the six-month period may be extended by the number of days a claimant is totally disabled if the disability commenced during such six-month period. When an injured employee is precluded from accepting employment as a result of pregnancy, the six-month period for curing the refusal may be tolled during such period as a physician certifies medical disability.Code 1950, § 65-60; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-63; 1991, c. 355; 1995, c. 319; 1996, c. 252.
VA Code § 65.2-510.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-510.1. Employee imprisonment; suspension of benefits

A. Whenever an employee is imprisoned in a jail, state correctional facility, or any other place of incarceration and (i) the imprisonment resulted from the employee's conviction of a criminal offense and followed his sentencing therefor by a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) the employee is receiving compensation for temporary total incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-500 or temporary partial incapacity under § 65.2-502, and (iii) the employee is medically released to perform selective employment, compensation benefits for wage loss shall be suspended under § 65.2-708 upon filing of a proper application to the Commission.B. If benefits are suspended for incarceration pursuant to this section and the employee's conviction is subsequently reversed on appeal and no further appeals or prosecutions concerning such prior conviction are had, the employee's benefits shall be restored under § 65.2-708 upon filing of a proper application to the Commission.C. The provisions of this section shall only apply to an employee who receives a workers' compensation award after July 1, 1992.1992, c. 466.
VA Code § 65.2-511 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-511. Compensation to employee's distributees upon his death from any other cause

When an employee receives or is entitled to compensation under this title for an injury covered by § 65.2-503 and dies from a cause other than the injury for which he was entitled to compensation, payment of the unpaid balance of compensation shall be made to his statutory dependents under this chapter, in lieu of the compensation the employee would have been entitled to had he lived. However, if the death is due to a cause that is compensable under this title and the dependents of such employee are awarded compensation therefor, all right to unpaid compensation provided by this section shall terminate.Code 1950, § 65-61; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-64; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-514 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-514. Special provisions for coal worker's pneumoconiosis claims for total disability or death

In the case of claims for death or total disability under subdivision A 4 of § 65.2-504 or § 65.2-513, the following matters shall be required or effective only to the extent that they are allowed by the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act as amended and the regulations issued thereunder:1. Notice to the employer under § 65.2-405;2. Any limitation for the filing of a claim for benefits for death or total disability under §§ 65.2-406 and 65.2-601;3. Waivers as provided under § 65.2-407;4. Settlements agreed to, allowed, or granted under § 65.2-701; and5. The right of an employer to refuse employment to an applicant or to discharge a claimant because he has or is susceptible to coal worker's pneumoconiosis.1973, c. 436, § 65.1-65.2; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-515 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-515. Persons conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent

A. The following persons shall be conclusively presumed to be dependents wholly dependent for support upon the deceased employee:1. A spouse upon his deceased spouse whom he had not voluntarily deserted at the time of the accident or with whom he lived at the time of the accident, if he is then actually dependent upon his deceased spouse;2. A child under the age of 18 upon a parent and a child over such age if physically or mentally incapacitated from earning a livelihood or a child under the age of 23 if enrolled as a full-time student in any accredited educational institution; and3. Parents in destitute circumstances, provided that there are no total dependents pursuant to other provisions of this section.B. As used in this section, "child" includes a stepchild, a legally adopted child, a posthumous child, and an acknowledged illegitimate child, but does not include a married child, and "parent" includes stepparents and parents by adoption.Code 1950, § 65-63; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-66; 1973, cc. 401, 542; 1991, c. 355; 2020, c. 900.
VA Code § 65.2-516 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-516. Other cases of dependency

In all other cases questions of dependency in whole or in part shall be determined in accordance with the facts as the facts are at the time of the accident; but no allowance shall be made for any payment made in lieu of board and lodging or services and no compensation shall be allowed unless the dependency existed for a period of three months or more prior to the accident.Code 1950, § 65-64; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-67; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-517 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-517. Termination of dependency

For the purpose of this title, the dependence of a widow or widower of a deceased employee shall terminate with death or remarriage, and the amount to be theretofore received by him or her shall be divided among the children or other dependents in the proportion of which they are receiving compensation, and the dependence of a child or any minor dependent, except a child or minor dependent physically or mentally incapacitated from earning a livelihood, or a full-time student, as defined in § 65.2-515, shall terminate with the attainment of eighteen years of age.Code 1950, § 65-66; 1960, c. 298; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-69; 1973, cc. 401, 542; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-518 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-518. Limitation upon total compensation

The total compensation payable under this title shall in no case be greater than 500 weeks nor shall it exceed the result obtained by multiplying the average weekly wage of the Commonwealth as defined in § 65.2-500 for the applicable year by 500, except in cases of permanent and total incapacity as defined in § 65.2-503 C and in cases of permanent disability under subdivision A 4 of § 65.2-504 and death from coal worker's pneumoconiosis under § 65.2-513.Code 1950, § 65-68; 1952, c. 226; 1954, c. 654; 1956, c. 243; 1958, c. 568; 1960, c. 556; 1964, c. 94; 1966, c. 64; 1968, cc. 8, 660, § 65.1-71; 1970, c. 470; 1972, c. 229; 1973, c. 542; 1974, c. 560; 1975, c. 447; 1991, c. 355; 1997, c. 511.
VA Code § 65.2-519 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-519. When limitations inapplicable to injuries arising out of pneumoconiosis

The limitations as to the maximum periods and maximum total amounts listed in §§ 65.2-500, 65.2-512, and 65.2-518 shall not apply to injuries arising out of pneumoconiosis.1972, c. 615, § 65.1-71.1; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-520 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-520. Voluntary payment by employer

Any payments made by the employer to the injured employee during the period of his disability, or to his dependents, which by the terms of this title were not due and payable when made, may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be deducted from the amount to be paid as compensation, provided that, in the case of disability, such deductions shall be made by reducing the amount of the weekly payment in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of the amount of the weekly payment for as long as is necessary for the employer to recover his voluntary payment. However, any payments made to an injured employee under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of 1927, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., may be deducted in full from the amount to be paid as compensation for the same injury under this title.Code 1950, § 65-69; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-72; 1991, c. 355; 1998, c. 68; 2007, c. 356.
VA Code § 65.2-521 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-521. Time of payment

The Commission, upon application of either party, may, in its discretion, having regard to the welfare of the employee and the convenience of the employer, authorize compensation to be paid bi-weekly, monthly, or quarterly instead of weekly.Code 1950, § 65-70; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-73; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-522 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-522. Lump sum payments, generally

When the parties agree and the Commission deems it to be to the best interests of the employee or his dependents, or when it will prevent undue hardships on the employer, or his insurance carrier, without prejudicing the interests of the employee or his dependents, liability for compensation may be redeemed, in whole or in part, through payment by the employer of a lump sum which shall be fixed by the Commission, but in no case shall the sum awarded be less than a sum equal to the present value of future compensation payments commuted, computed at four percent true discount compounded annually.Code 1950, § 65-71; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-74; 1972, c. 619; 1973, c. 401; 1991, c. 355.
VA Code § 65.2-523 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof|§ 65.2-523. Lump sum payments to trustees

Whenever the Commission deems it expedient, any lump sum subject to the provisions of § 65.2-522 shall be paid by the employer to some suitable person or corporation appointed by the circuit court in the county or city wherein the accident occurred, or by such other circuit court as may be designated by the Commission as more compatible with the interests and convenience of the beneficiaries, as trustee or guardian, to administer the same for the benefit of the person entitled hereto in the manner provided by the Commission. The receipt of such trustee for the amount as paid shall discharge the employer or anyone else who is liable therefor.Code 1950, § 65-72; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-75; 1991, c. 355.