65.2-1103 - When awards entered. - Virginia Statutes

§ 65.2-1103. When awards entered.

The Commission shall enter awards against the Second Injury Fund in favor ofan employer or carrier only upon a finding that: (i) the employee has priorloss or loss of use, supported by medical evidence, of not less than twentypercent of one or more of the members set out in § 65.2-1102; (ii) theemployee has suffered in an industrial accident an additional loss or loss ofuse of any one of the members set out in § 65.2-1102 of not less than twentypercent; (iii) the combination of both impairments has rendered the employeetotally or partially disabled as defined in § 65.2-1102; (iv) the carrier oremployer has paid the compensation due under §§ 65.2-500 and 65.2-502, andthe permanent partial disability due under § 65.2-503 and the medicaltreatment under § 65.2-603; and (v) the employee is entitled to furthercompensation for disability which has been paid by the employer or carrier.

(1980, c. 599, § 65.1-141.1; 1991, c. 355.)