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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71977</law_id><section_number>51.1-158</section_number><catch_line>Reduction of benefits for acceptance of lump-sum settlement under Workers&amp;#8217; Compensation Act</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-210</reference><reference>51.1-220</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="51.1">Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Virginia Retirement System</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Benefits</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> (i) of any <span class="dictionary">member</span> retiring for disability from a cause compensable under the Virginia Workers&#x2019; Compensation Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title" href="/65.2-100/">65.2-100</a> et seq.) or (ii) of any surviving spouse, <span class="dictionary">minor</span> child, or parent, eligible to receive a benefit as a result of the death of a <span class="dictionary">member</span> from a cause compensable under the Virginia Workers&#x2019; Compensation Act, who elects to receive a lump-sum <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> in lieu of periodic payments for disability or death compensable under the Virginia Workers&#x2019; Compensation Act shall be adjusted by an amount determined by dividing the workers&#x2019; compensation benefit which such person would have received had the lump-sum <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> not been consummated, into the <span class="dictionary">settlement</span> actually accepted by the <span class="dictionary">member</span>, surviving spouse, child, or parent.</p></section></text><history>1980, c. 645, &#xA7; 51-111.59:1; 1982, c. 467; 1986, c. 474; 1990, c. 832.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
