Maybe the cases that you heard about were xferring to a school that doesn’t have a FL requirement… engineering, architecture or nursing. It’s not a good strategy to rely on what you have heard, rather than what the actual requirements are.
Are you applying to Arts and Sciences? The website and articulation agreement says FL is required for Arts and Sciences. https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/requirements
You do know FL competency is required to graduate from UVA Arts and Sciences?
I doubt any one on CC will be able to definitively answer your question which is basically ‘can I get in without all the stated requirements’…you need to speak with your NVCC advisor and UVA’s transfer admissions people…have you done that?
Edited to add: maybe you can find the answer on UVA’s transfer admission blog. http://uvatransferadmission.blogspot.com/