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Table of Contents VIRGINIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS .................................................................................................... 7 I. Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 II. A. Generally .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 B. Foreign Injuries ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Injuries by Accident ................................................................................................................................................. 8 A. Notice ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 B. Definition ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 C. Injury by Accident ................................................................................................................................................ 9 D. "Arising out of the Employment" .................................................................................................................... 9 1. Unexplained Accidents ................................................................................................................................ 10 2. Death Presumption ....................................................................................................................................... 10 3. Physical or Mental Inability to Testify .................................................................................................. 11 4. Idiopathic Accidents ..................................................................................................................................... 11 5. Horseplay ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 E. "In the Course of the Employment" ............................................................................................................ 12 1. Descrpition....................................................................................................................................................... 12 2. General Matter ............................................................................................................................................... 12 F. Willful Misconduct ............................................................................................................................................ 13 III. Diseases ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 A. Notice ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 B. Occupational Diseases ..................................................................................................................................... 16 C. Ordinary Diseases of Life ................................................................................................................................ 17 D. Presumptions ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 IV. Employment Issues ............................................................................................................................................... 19 A. The Act .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 B. Statutory Employers ......................................................................................................................................... 19 V. Psychological and Psychiatric Claims ............................................................................................................ 20 VI. Compensable Consequences ............................................................................................................................. 21