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Disability and Death Benefits

W. Va. Code § 23-4-1— To whom compensation fund disbursed; occupational pneumoconiosis and other occupational diseases included in "injury" and "personal injury"; definition of occupational pneumoconiosis and other occupational diseases; rebuttable presumption for cardiovascular injury and disease or pulmonary disease for firefighters
W. Va. Code § 23-4-1a— Report of injuries by employee
W. Va. Code § 23-4-1b— Report of injuries by employers
W. Va. Code § 23-4-1c— §23-4-1c. Payment of temporary total disability benefits directly to claimant; payment of medical benefits; payments of benefits during protest; right of commission, successor to the commission, private carriers and self-insured employers to collect payments improperly made
W. Va. Code § 23-4-1d— Method and time of payments for permanent disability
W. Va. Code § 23-4-1e— Temporary total disability benefits not to be paid for periods of correctional center or jail confinement; denial of workers' compensation benefits for injuries or disease incurred while confined
W. Va. Code § 23-4-1f— Certain psychiatric injuries and diseases not compensable; definitions; legislative findings; terms; report required
W. Va. Code § 23-4-1g— Weighing of evidence
W. Va. Code § 23-4-2— Disbursement where injury is self-inflicted or intentionally caused by employer; legislative declarations and findings; "deliberate intention" defined
W. Va. Code § 23-4-2a— Limit on liability for noneconomic loss
W. Va. Code § 23-4-3— Schedule of maximum disbursements for medical, surgical, dental and hospital treatment; legislative approval; guidelines; preferred provider agreements; charges in excess of scheduled amounts not to be made; required disclosure of financial interest in sale or rental of medically related mechanical appliances or devices; promulgation of rules to enforce requirement; consequences of failure to disclose; contract by employer with hospital, physician, etc., prohibited; criminal penalties for violation; payments to certain providers prohibited; medical cost and care program; payments; interlocutory orders
W. Va. Code § 23-4-3a
W. Va. Code § 23-4-3b— Creation of health care advisory panel
W. Va. Code § 23-4-3c— Suspension or termination of providers of health care
W. Va. Code § 23-4-4— Funeral expenses; wrongfully seeking payment; criminal penalties
W. Va. Code § 23-4-5— Benefits for first three days after injury
W. Va. Code § 23-4-6— Classification of and criteria for disability benefits
W. Va. Code § 23-4-6a— Benefits and mode of payment to employees and dependents for occupational pneumoconiosis; further adjustment of claim for occupational pneumoconiosis
W. Va. Code § 23-4-6b— Occupational hearing loss claims
W. Va. Code § 23-4-6c— Benefits payable to certain sheltered workshop employees; limitations
W. Va. Code § 23-4-6d— Benefits payable to part-time employees
W. Va. Code § 23-4-7— Release of medical information to employer; legislative findings; effect of application for benefits; duty of employer
W. Va. Code § 23-4-7a— Monitoring of injury claims; legislative findings; review of medical evidence; recommendation of authorized treating physician; independent medical evaluations; temporary total disability benefits and the termination thereof; mandatory action; additional authority; suspension of benefits
W. Va. Code § 23-4-7b— Trial return to work; Insurance Commissioner to develop rules
W. Va. Code § 23-4-8— Physical examination of claimant
W. Va. Code § 23-4-8a— Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board; composition; term of office; duties; quorum; remuneration
W. Va. Code § 23-4-8b— Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board; procedure; autopsy
W. Va. Code § 23-4-8c— Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board; reports and distribution thereof; presumption; findings required of board; objection to findings; procedure thereon; limitations on refilings; consolidation of claims
W. Va. Code § 23-4-8d— Occupational pneumoconiosis claims never closed for medical benefits with exception of settled claims
W. Va. Code § 23-4-8e
W. Va. Code § 23-4-8f
W. Va. Code § 23-4-9— Physical and vocational rehabilitation
W. Va. Code § 23-4-9b— Preexisting impairments not considered in fixing amount of compensation
W. Va. Code § 23-4-10— Classification of death benefits; "dependent" defined
W. Va. Code § 23-4-11— To whom death benefits paid
W. Va. Code § 23-4-12— Application of benefits
W. Va. Code § 23-4-13— Effect of abandonment of spouse
W. Va. Code § 23-4-14— Computation of benefits
W. Va. Code § 23-4-15— Application for benefits
W. Va. Code § 23-4-15a— Nonresident alien beneficiaries
W. Va. Code § 23-4-15b— Determination of nonmedical questions; claims for occupational pneumoconiosis; hearing
W. Va. Code § 23-4-15c
W. Va. Code § 23-4-16— Jurisdiction over case continuous; modification of finding or order; time limitation on awards; reimbursement of claimant for expenses; reopening cases involving permanent total disability; promulgation of rules
W. Va. Code § 23-4-16a— Interest on benefits
W. Va. Code § 23-4-17— Commutation of periodical benefits
W. Va. Code § 23-4-18— Mode of paying benefits generally; exemptions of compensation from legal process
W. Va. Code § 23-4-19
W. Va. Code § 23-4-20— Postmortem examinations
W. Va. Code § 23-4-21— Severability
W. Va. Code § 23-4-22— Permanent disability evaluations; limitations; notice
W. Va. Code § 23-4-23— Permanent total disability benefits; reduction of disability benefits; reduction of benefits; application of section; severability
W. Va. Code § 23-4-24— Permanent total disability awards; retirement age; limitations on eligibility and the introduction of evidence; effects of other types of awards; procedures; requests for awards; jurisdiction
W. Va. Code § 23-4-25— Permanent total disability benefits; reduction of disability benefits for wages earned by claimant