                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERMANENT LOSS (§ 65.2-503)

A. Compensation for permanent partial and permanent total loss and disfigurement
shall be awarded as provided in this section.

B. 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 &#xA7; 65.2-101:

C. Compensation shall be awarded pursuant to § 65.2-500 for permanent and total
incapacity when there is:

   1. 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;

   2. Injury for all practical purposes resulting in total paralysis, as
   determined by the Commission based on medical evidence; or

   3. Injury to the brain which is so severe as to render the employee
   permanently unemployable in gainful employment.

D. 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.

E. 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 § 65.2-500.

   1. Compensation awarded pursuant to this section shall be payable after
   payments for temporary total incapacity pursuant to &#xA7; 65.2-500.

   2. Compensation pursuant to this section may be paid simultaneously with
   payments for partial incapacity pursuant to &#xA7; 65.2-502. Where
   compensation pursuant to this section is paid simultaneously with payments for
   partial incapacity pursuant to &#xA7; 65.2-502, each combined payment shall
   count as two weeks against the total maximum allowable period of 500 weeks.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 65-53; 1964, cc. 116, 190; 1968, cc. 347, 660, §
65.1-56; 1970, c. 470; 1972, c. 229; 1975, cc. 446, 450; 1976, c. 655; 1982, c.
326; 1983, c. 287; 1987, c. 560; 1988, cc. 564, 596; 1991, c. 355; 1997, c. 511;
2000, c. 520; 2022, c. 530.