Virginia Code 65.2-507: Same employment; when both injuries permanent
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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.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 65.2-507
- Injury: means only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment or occupational disease as defined in Chapter 4 (§ 65. See Virginia Code 65.2-101
Code 1950, § 65-57; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-60; 1972, c. 619; 1991, c. 355.