Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Anderson

This appeal involves a claim for a cost-of-living supplement under § 65.1-99.11 of the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act. *64This section provides that such a supplement shall be payable to certain recipients of compensation awards, “in addition to the other benefits” payable under the Act, if the employee’s combined workmen’s compensation and social security entitlement is less than 80% of his average monthly earnings before disability.

The claimant, Homer Anderson, an employee of Clinchfield Coal Company, was injured permanently in an industrial accident on July 18, 1978. Pursuant to…