What benefits are available to an injured worker in Virginia?

>Medical Benefits- You are entitled to payment of all your medical expenses including mileage, translation, home health care, transportation and durable medical supplies. Virginia Workers Compensation will also pay for reasonable and necessary modifications to your home to accommodate your disability subject to the statutory maximums. You are entitled to a lifetime award of all reasonable and necessary medical expenses caused by your work injury

>Temporary Total Disability. Virginia Workers Compensation provides 66 2/3% of your average weekly wage calculated by averaging your wages over the 52 weeks before your work accident. There are statutory maximum limits to this benefit. Presently, the Virginia maximum wage benefit is $841.00 weekly.

> Temporary Partial Disability. In the event you return to work earning less or working fewer hours, you are entitled to 66 2/3% of the difference between your pre-accident and post-accident wages.

>Permanent Partial Disability. Once your treating physician is able to state that you have reached maximum medical improvement, your doctor may be able to provide you with a disability rating to your affected body part. Depending on which part of your body was injured in the accident, you can calculate the value of your disability under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. See our other posts concerning Permanent partial disability in Virginia.

>Permanent Total Disability. The Virginia Workers Compensation Act provides for a maximum of 500 weeks of compensation. Should you be completely disabled, you may qualify for permanent total disability which provides compensation for life.

> Vocational Rehabilitation. In the event that you cannot return to your pre-injury employment, your employer is responsible to provide you with vocational rehabilitation so you can be re-trained or assisted in finding a job within your limitations.