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Compensation shall also be awarded proportionately for partial loss of vision or hearing.E\n\nExcept as provided in subsection C, the weekly compensation payments referred to in this section shall be subject to the same limitations as to maximum and minimum as set out in \u00a7 65.2-500.1\n\nCompensation awarded pursuant to this section shall be payable after payments for temporary total incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-500.2\n\nCompensation pursuant to this section may be paid simultaneously with payments for partial incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-502. Where compensation pursuant to this section is paid simultaneously with payments for partial incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-502, each combined payment shall count as two weeks against the total maximum allowable period of 500 weeks.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238625,"text":"Compensation for permanent partial and permanent total loss and disfigurement shall be awarded as provided in this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":238626,"text":"The following losses shall be compensated for the period specified at the rate of 66 2\/3 percent of the average weekly wage as defined in § 65.2-101:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":238627,"text":"Compensation shall be awarded pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-500 for permanent and total incapacity when there is:","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"C1"},"3":{"id":238628,"text":"Loss of both hands, both arms, both feet, both legs, both eyes, or any two thereof either from the same accident or a compensable consequence of an injury sustained in the original accident;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"C1","prefix_anchor":"C1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"C2"},"4":{"id":238629,"text":"Injury for all practical purposes resulting in total paralysis, as determined by the Commission based on medical evidence; or","type":"section","prefixes":["C","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"C2","prefix_anchor":"C2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C1","next_prefix":"C3"},"5":{"id":238630,"text":"Injury to the brain which is so severe as to render the employee permanently unemployable in gainful employment.","type":"section","prefixes":["C","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"C3","prefix_anchor":"C3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C2","next_prefix":"D"},"6":{"id":238631,"text":"In construing this section, the permanent loss of the use of a member shall be equivalent to the loss of such member, and for the permanent partial loss or loss of use of a member, compensation may be proportionately awarded. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapters 116 and 190; in 1968, chapters 347 and 660; in 1970, chapter 470; in 1972, chapter 229; in 1975, chapters 446 and 450; in 1976, chapter 655; in 1982, chapter 326; in 1983, chapter 287; in 1987, chapter 560; in 1988, chapters 564 and 596; in 1991, chapter 355; in 1997, chapter 511<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 520<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 530<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55236,"section_number":"65.2-1103","catch_line":"When awards entered","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-1103\/"},{"id":58357,"section_number":"65.2-1104","catch_line":"Award for compensation, medical treatment and vocational rehabilitation","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-1104\/"},{"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":63980,"section_number":"65.2-501","catch_line":"Incapacity after permanent loss","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-501\/"},{"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":70310,"section_number":"65.2-505","catch_line":"Injuries in different employments; injury to employee with disability; subsequent permanent injury by accident in service to employer","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-505\/"},{"id":67616,"section_number":"65.2-506","catch_line":"Compensation after second injury in same employment","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-506\/"},{"id":55009,"section_number":"65.2-507","catch_line":"Same employment; when both injuries permanent","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-507\/"},{"id":74456,"section_number":"65.2-510","catch_line":"Refusal of employment; compensation for partial incapacity","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-510\/"},{"id":78253,"section_number":"65.2-511","catch_line":"Compensation to employee's distributees upon his death from any other cause","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-511\/"},{"id":60115,"section_number":"65.2-518","catch_line":"Limitation upon total compensation","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-518\/"},{"id":81274,"section_number":"65.2-708","catch_line":"Review of award on change in condition","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-708\/"},{"id":68056,"section_number":"65.2-709","catch_line":"Cost of living supplements for total incapacity and dependents of deceased","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-709\/"}],"refers_to":[{"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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65657,"identifier":"65.2-503","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-503","url":"\/65.2-503\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-503\/","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-503","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permanent loss","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-503","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Compensation for permanent partial and permanent total loss and disfigurement shall be awarded as provided in this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The following losses shall be compensated for the period specified at the rate of 66 2\/3 percent of the average weekly wage as defined in § 65.2-101<\/a>: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Compensation shall be awarded pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-500<\/a> for permanent and total incapacity when there is: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Loss of both hands, both arms, both feet, both legs, both eyes, or any two thereof either from the same accident or a compensable consequence of an injury<\/span> sustained in the original accident; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Injury<\/span> for all practical purposes resulting in total paralysis, as determined by the Commission<\/span> based on medical evidence<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Injury<\/span> to the brain which is so severe as to render the employee permanently unemployable in gainful employment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> In construing this section, the permanent loss of the use of a member shall be equivalent to the loss of such member, and for the permanent partial loss or loss of use of a member, compensation may be proportionately awarded. Compensation shall also be awarded proportionately for partial loss of vision or hearing<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Except as provided in subsection C, the weekly compensation payments referred to in this section shall be subject to the same limitations as to maximum and minimum as set out in \u00a7 65.2-500<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Compensation awarded pursuant to this section shall be payable after payments for temporary total incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-500<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Compensation pursuant to this section may be paid simultaneously with payments for partial incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-502<\/a>. Where compensation pursuant to this section is paid simultaneously with payments for partial incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-502<\/a>, each combined payment shall count as two weeks against the total maximum allowable period of 500 weeks. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMANENT LOSS (\u00a7 65.2-503)\n\nA. Compensation for permanent partial and permanent total loss and disfigurement\nshall be awarded as provided in this section.\n\nB. The following losses shall be compensated for the period specified at the\nrate of 66 2\/3 percent of the average weekly wage as defined in § 65.2-101:\n\nC. Compensation shall be awarded pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-500 for permanent and total\nincapacity when there is:\n\n 1. Loss of both hands, both arms, both feet, both legs, both eyes, or any two\n thereof either from the same accident or a compensable consequence of an\n injury sustained in the original accident;\n\n 2. Injury for all practical purposes resulting in total paralysis, as\n determined by the Commission based on medical evidence; or\n\n 3. Injury to the brain which is so severe as to render the employee\n permanently unemployable in gainful employment.\n\nD. In construing this section, the permanent loss of the use of a member shall\nbe equivalent to the loss of such member, and for the permanent partial loss or\nloss of use of a member, compensation may be proportionately awarded.\nCompensation shall also be awarded proportionately for partial loss of vision or\nhearing.\n\nE. Except as provided in subsection C, the weekly compensation payments referred\nto in this section shall be subject to the same limitations as to maximum and\nminimum as set out in \u00a7 65.2-500.\n\n 1. Compensation awarded pursuant to this section shall be payable after\n payments for temporary total incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-500.\n\n 2. Compensation pursuant to this section may be paid simultaneously with\n payments for partial incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-502. Where\n compensation pursuant to this section is paid simultaneously with payments for\n partial incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-502, each combined payment shall\n count as two weeks against the total maximum allowable period of 500 weeks.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 65-53; 1964, cc. 116, 190; 1968, cc. 347, 660, \u00a7\n65.1-56; 1970, c. 470; 1972, c. 229; 1975, cc. 446, 450; 1976, c. 655; 1982, c.\n326; 1983, c. 287; 1987, c. 560; 1988, cc. 564, 596; 1991, c. 355; 1997, c. 511;\n2000, c. 520; 2022, c. 530.","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}}