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It has been modified 15 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 1952, chapter 226; in 1954, chapter 654; in 1956, chapter 243; in 1958, chapter 568; in 1960, chapter 556; in 1964, chapter 94; in 1966, chapter 64; in 1968, chapters 8 and 660; in 1970, chapter 470; in 1972, chapter 229; in 1973, chapter 542; in 1974, chapter 560; in 1975, chapter 447; in 1991, chapter 355; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0511\">511<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61340,"section_number":"65.2-519","catch_line":"When limitations inapplicable to injuries arising out of pneumoconiosis","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-519\/"},{"id":81274,"section_number":"65.2-708","catch_line":"Review of award on change in condition","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-708\/"}],"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":65657,"section_number":"65.2-503","catch_line":"Permanent loss","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-503\/"},{"id":70887,"section_number":"65.2-504","catch_line":"Compensation for disability from coal worker's pneumoconiosis; insurance of coal operator","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-504\/"},{"id":87021,"section_number":"65.2-513","catch_line":"Compensation for death from coal worker's pneumoconiosis; determining whether death was due to pneumoconiosis or any chronic occupational lung disease","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-513\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60115,"identifier":"65.2-518","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-518","url":"\/65.2-518\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-518\/","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-518","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation upon total compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-518","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>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 \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"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\" href=\"\/65.2-500\/\">65.2-500<\/a> for the applicable year by 500, except in cases of permanent and total incapacity as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Permanent loss\" href=\"\/65.2-503\/\">65.2-503<\/a> C and in cases of permanent disability under subdivision A 4 of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Compensation for disability from coal worker&#039;s pneumoconiosis; insurance of coal operator\" href=\"\/65.2-504\/\">65.2-504<\/a> and death from coal worker&#8217;s pneumoconiosis under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Compensation for death from coal worker&#039;s pneumoconiosis; determining whether death was due to pneumoconiosis or any chronic occupational lung disease\" href=\"\/65.2-513\/\">65.2-513<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION UPON TOTAL COMPENSATION (\u00a7 65.2-518)\n\nThe total compensation payable under this title shall in no case be greater than\n500 weeks nor shall it exceed the result obtained by multiplying the average\nweekly wage of the Commonwealth as defined in \u00a7 65.2-500 for the applicable\nyear by 500, except in cases of permanent and total incapacity as defined in \u00a7\n65.2-503 C and in cases of permanent disability under subdivision A 4 of \u00a7\n65.2-504 and death from coal worker&#8217;s pneumoconiosis under \u00a7 65.2-513.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 65-68; 1952, c. 226; 1954, c. 654; 1956, c. 243; 1958, c.\n568; 1960, c. 556; 1964, c. 94; 1966, c. 64; 1968, cc. 8, 660, \u00a7 65.1-71; 1970,\nc. 470; 1972, c. 229; 1973, c. 542; 1974, c. 560; 1975, c. 447; 1991, c. 355;\n1997, c. 511.","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}}