Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 65.2-507 (2026)

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.

Code 1950, § 65-57; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-60; 1972, c. 619; 1991, c. 355.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2020–2021 · leading case: Merck & Co., Inc. v. Merrick B. Vincent (Va. Ct. App. 2020).

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Merck & Co., Inc. v. Merrick B. Vincent (Va. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 9× “Code § 65.2-507, the current version of what was Section 36, provides the following: If an employee receives a permanent injury as specified in § 65.”

Merck v. Vincent (Va. 2021). · cites it 9× “748 (1945), we ruled that an employee was entitled to permanent total disability benefits under former Code § 1887(36) (1942) (now codified as amended at Code § 65.2-507) after suffering two partially disabling injuries nine years apart.”

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