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(iii) the combination of both impairments has rendered the employee totally or partially disabled as defined in \u00a7 65.2-1102; (iv) the carrier or employer has paid the compensation due under \u00a7\u00a7 65.2-500 and 65.2-502, and the permanent partial disability due under \u00a7 65.2-503 and the medical treatment under \u00a7 65.2-603; and (v) the employee is entitled to further compensation for disability which has been paid by the employer or carrier.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":202532,"text":"The Commission shall enter awards against the Second Injury Fund in favor of an employer or carrier only upon a finding that: (i) the employee has prior loss or loss of use, supported by medical evidence, of not less than twenty percent of one or more of the members set out in \u00a7 65.2-1102; (ii) the employee has suffered in an industrial accident an additional loss or loss of use of any one of the members set out in \u00a7 65.2-1102 of not less than twenty percent; (iii) the combination of both impairments has rendered the employee totally or partially disabled as defined in \u00a7 65.2-1102; 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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 599 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1991, chapter 355.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58357,"section_number":"65.2-1104","catch_line":"Award for compensation, medical treatment and vocational rehabilitation","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-1104\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":84351,"section_number":"65.2-1102","catch_line":"Disability defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-1102\/"},{"id":63631,"section_number":"65.2-500","catch_line":"Compensation for total incapacity; computation of average wage; exclusion of AmeriCorps members, certain Food Stamp Employment and Training Program participants, and certain Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-500\/"},{"id":85307,"section_number":"65.2-502","catch_line":"Compensation for partial incapacity; exclusion of AmeriCorps members, certain Food Stamp Employment and Training Program participants, and certain Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-502\/"},{"id":65657,"section_number":"65.2-503","catch_line":"Permanent loss","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-503\/"},{"id":82651,"section_number":"65.2-603","catch_line":"Duty to furnish medical attention, etc., and vocational rehabilitation; effect of refusal of employee to accept","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-603\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276207,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55236,"identifier":"65.2-1103","token":"65.2\/11\/65.2-1103","url":"\/65.2-1103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-1103\/","token":"65.2\/11\/65.2-1103","dublin_core":{"Title":"When awards entered","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-1103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span> shall enter awards<\/span> against the Second Injury<\/span> Fund in favor of an employer<\/span> or carrier only upon a finding<\/span> that: (i) the employee has prior loss or loss of use, supported by medical evidence<\/span>, of not less than twenty percent of one or more of the members set out in \u00a7 65.2-1102<\/a>; (ii) the employee has suffered in an industrial accident an additional loss or loss of use of any one of the members set out in \u00a7 65.2-1102<\/a> of not less than twenty percent; (iii) the combination of both impairments has rendered the employee totally or partially disabled as defined in \u00a7 65.2-1102<\/a>; (iv) the carrier or employer<\/span> has paid the compensation due under \u00a7\u00a7 65.2-500<\/a> and 65.2-502<\/a>, and the permanent partial disability due under \u00a7 65.2-503<\/a> and the medical treatment under \u00a7 65.2-603<\/a>; and (v) the employee is entitled to further compensation for disability which has been paid by the employer<\/span> or carrier.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN AWARDS ENTERED (\u00a7 65.2-1103)\n\nThe Commission shall enter awards against the Second Injury Fund in favor of an\nemployer or carrier only upon a finding that: (i) the employee has prior loss or\nloss of use, supported by medical evidence, of not less than twenty percent of\none or more of the members set out in \u00a7 65.2-1102; (ii) the employee has\nsuffered in an industrial accident an additional loss or loss of use of any one\nof the members set out in \u00a7 65.2-1102 of not less than twenty percent; (iii)\nthe combination of both impairments has rendered the employee totally or\npartially disabled as defined in \u00a7 65.2-1102; (iv) the carrier or employer has\npaid the compensation due under \u00a7\u00a7 65.2-500 and 65.2-502, and the permanent\npartial disability due under \u00a7 65.2-503 and the medical treatment under \u00a7\n65.2-603; and (v) the employee is entitled to further compensation for\ndisability which has been paid by the employer or carrier.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 599, \u00a7 65.1-141.1; 1991, c. 355.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}