Sparrer v. COM., DEPT. OF WELFARE

Opinion

BARROW, J.

In this appeal from the Industrial Commission we affirm the Commission’s conclusion that the employer is not es-topped from asserting the time limitation contained in Code § 65.1-99.

The employee did not make an application for a change of condition within twenty-four months following the last day for which compensation had been paid, even though she had periods of incapacity during that period of time. She explains that following the receipt of her last compensation benefits her employer, the Department of Welfare, changed the procedures for processing employees’ leave,…