After digging around, I found a Virginia tax law that addresses this question. I learned that I cannot receive the refundable credit because I am a part-year resident. I advise adding another checkbox on the Low Income Credit Worksheet form, Part II, with this rule as another possible reason to not be eligible.
The law states:
"Instead of claiming one of the two nonrefundable credits above, this Act allows Virginia residents a third option, where they can choose to claim a refundable individual income tax credit equal to 15 percent of the federal EITC claimed by such residents for the same taxable year. Nonresidents and part-year residents are ineligible for the refundable credit, but they may continue to claim either the Nonrefundable Virginia Earned Income Tax Credit or the Nonrefundable Tax Credit for Low-Income Individuals."
I found the information here: https://www.tax.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/2022-legislative-summary.pdf
Thanks for everyone's help who have looked into this.
