Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Virginia has a form to use when there is a supplemental agreement to pay varying wage benefits. The form must be completed whenever a claim has been accepted as compensable and […]

Frankfort, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Throughout the coal belt in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, “there’s an unacceptably large number of younger miners who have end-stage black lung disease and the only choice is to get […]

South Boston, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In order to be compensable in Virginia, an “injury by accident” must arise from a discrete event at work. But what happens when an employee claims there was a discrete […]

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you visited our sister site, Simply Research, recently, you might have come across updates Virginia recently made to its Petition for Medical Treatment. Here are the instructions the Old Dominion […]

Landover, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Virginia, an occupational disease may include a disease that impacts the public in general if the employee’s development of the disease can be linked to the specific nature of his […]

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One of the important parts of workers' compensation law has to do with how bills get paid for injured workers. So, states, like Virginia, devote regulatory and legislative attention to that […]

Fairfax, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One might think fishing in Florida on vacation and workers' compensation benefits don't go together, but life has a way of changing the nature of workplace injuries. Such was the case […]

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As in other states, Virginia has special workers' compensation coverage provisions regarding post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder that is incurred by first responders. The following breaks down the […]