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Code of Virginia 65.2-400: Occupational disease defined
Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Legislative Information System, n.d.
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- What it is
- Virginia's workers' compensation definition of occupational disease. Subsection C says hearing loss and carpal tunnel syndrome are not occupational diseases.
- How much weight it carries
- A current state statute as fetched. Other states define occupational disease differently, so this shows one state's rule only.
Facts taken from this source
- Virginia's workers' compensation statute says that carpal tunnel syndrome is not an occupational disease but an ordinary disease of life.
“Hearing loss and the condition of carpal tunnel syndrome are not occupational diseases but are ordinary diseases of life” (Subsection C)