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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87471</law_id><section_number>51.1-159</section_number><catch_line>Medical examinations of persons retired for disability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>51.1-160</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Once each year following retirement, the Board may require a former <span class="dictionary">member</span> who retired for disability and who has not attained his normal <span class="dictionary">retirement age</span> to undergo a medical examination by the <span class="dictionary">Medical Board</span> or a physician or other health care professional designated by the <span class="dictionary">Medical Board</span>. If the former <span class="dictionary">member</span> refuses to submit to the required medical examination, his <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> shall be discontinued until he complies. If he does not comply within six months of the date of the request, all of his rights to any further disability <span class="dictionary">retirement allowance</span> shall cease, subject to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Cessation of disability retirement allowance" href="/51.1-160/">51.1-160</a>. <a id="paragraph-313126" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-159/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Medical Board</span> determines that a <span class="dictionary">beneficiary</span> is not disabled after reviewing the <span class="dictionary">findings</span> of any of the medical examinations provided for in this section, all rights to any further disability allowance shall cease, subject to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Cessation of disability retirement allowance" href="/51.1-160/">51.1-160</a>. <a id="paragraph-313127" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-159/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1952, c. 157, &#xA7; 51-111.61; 1984, c. 430; 1990, c. 832; 1998, c. 657; 2018, cc. 53, 305.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
