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Shoulder
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Fracture of clavicle | £3,400 to £8,000 |
| Depending on extent of fracture, level of disability, residual symptoms, temporary or permanent, and whether union is anatomically displaced. | |
| Minor e.g. soft tissue injury to shoulder | Up to £2,850 |
| With considerable pain with almost complete recovery within a year. | |
| Minor e.g. soft tissue injury to shoulder | £2,850 to £5,150 |
| With considerable pain with almost complete recovery within two years. | |
| Limitation of movement and discomfort | £5,150 to £8,400 |
| With persisting symptoms for about two years. | |
| Dislocation of shoulder | £8,400 to £12,600 |
| And damage to lower part of the brachial plexus causing pain in shoulder and neck, aching in elbow, sensory symptoms in forearm and hand, and weakness of grip or a fractured humerus leading to restricted shoulder movement. | |
| Neck injuries | £12,600 to £31,500 |
| Involving damage to brachial plexus resulting in significant disability. | |
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Neck
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Full recovery within 2 years |
£2,800 to £5,150 |
| Minor e.g. Soft tissue whiplash type injury. | |
| Full recovery between a few weeks and a year | £875 to £2,850 |
| Minor e.g. Soft tissue whiplash type injury. | |
| Complete recovery of recovery to 'nuisance' level within a few years | £5,150 to £9,000 |
| Moderate e.g. Exacerbation or acceleration of pre-existing unrelated condition | |
| More severe types of whiplash or wrenching type injury | £9,000 to £16,400 |
| Moderate e.g. Exacerbation or acceleration of pre-existing unrelated condition | |
| Fractures or dislocations causing severe immediate symptoms | £16,400 to £21,600 |
| Leaving markedly impaired function or vulnerability to further trauma and some limitation of activities. | |
| Severe damage to soft tissues | £36,000 |
| And/or ruptured tendons resulting in significant permanent disability. | |
| Injuries giving rise to disabilities of considerable severity | £43,000 to £86,000 |
| Injury associated with incomplete paraplegia | £97,500 |
| Paraplegia or resulting in permanent spastic quadriparesis or where the injured, despite wearing a collar for a period of years, still has little of no movement in the neck and suffers severe headaches which have proved intractable. | |
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Pelvis & Hips
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Complete recovery | Up to £2,600 |
| Despite significant injury there is little or no residual disability | £2,600 to £8,250 |
| Limited Severity e.g. hip replacement | £8,250 to £17,500 |
| If carried out wholly successfully the aware tends to be at top of the bracket, this also includes cases where hip replacements may be necessary in the foreseeable future. | |
| Significant injury to the pelvis or hip | £17,500 to £25,750 |
| Where any permanent disability is not major and future risk is not great. | |
| Fracture of acetablum leading to degenerative changes | £25,750 to £34,500 |
| And leg instability requiring osteotomy and likelihood of hip replacement surgery in the future; fracture of an arthritic femur or hip necessitating hip replacement; or a fracture resulting in a hip replacement only partially successful so that there is clear risk of the need for revision surgery. | |
| Fracture dislocation of the pelvis | £40,650 to £51,500 |
| Involving both ischial and pubic rami and resulting in impotence; or traumatic myositis ossificans with formation of ectopic bone around the hip. | |
| Extensive pelvic fractures | 51,500 to £86,000 |
| Involving dislocation of a low back joint and a ruptured bladder, or a hip injury resulting in spondylolidthesis of a low back joint with intolerable pain and necessitating spinal fusion with residual disabilities such as complicated arthrodesis, sexual disfunction, or hip deformity making the use of calliper essential; or may present difficulties for natural delivery. | |
| Below-elbow amputation | £63,000 to £72,000 |
| Above-elbow amputation | £72,000 to £86,000 |
| Arm amputated at the Shoulder | Not less than £90,000 |
| Loss of Both Arms | £158,000 to £197,000 |
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Back
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Full recovery or recovery to 'nuisance' level without surgery within two years | Up to £5,150 |
| Minor e.g. strains, sprains, disc prolapses and soft tissue injuries. | |
| Full recovery or recovery to 'nuisance' level without surgery within five years | £5,150 to £8,250 |
| Minor e.g. strains, sprains, disc prolapses and soft tissue injuries. | |
| Exacerbation of existing back condition | £8,000 to £17,750 |
| Or prolapsed discs necessitating laminectomy or resulting in repeated relapses. | |
| Likes of crush fracture of lumbar vertebrae | £18,250 to £25,500 |
| Where there is substantial risk of osteoarthritis and constant pain and discomfort with impairment of sexual function; or prolapsed intervertebral disc with substantial acceleration of back degeneration. | |
| Disc lesions or fractures of disc | £25,500 to £45,750 |
| Or of vertebral bodies where despite treatment, there remain disabilities such as continuing severe pain, personality change, alcoholism, unemployability, risk of arthritis. | |
| Orthopaedic injury to back | £53,000 |
| Resulting in impaired bladder and bowel function, severe sexual difficulties and unsightly scarring with the possibility of future surgery. | |
| Most severe injury not involving paralysis | £66,000 to £111,000 |
| But there may be serious consequences not normally found in cases of back injury such as impotence or double incontinence. | |
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Elbow & Arm
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Simple fractures of the Forearm | £4,350 to £12,600 |
| Significant disabilities | £12,600 to £25,750 |
| Substantial degree of recovery will have taken place or will be expected. | |
| Serious fractures of one or both forearms | £25,750 to £39,300 |
| Where there is significant permanent residual disability whether functional or cosmetic. | |
| Injuries falling short of amputation | £63,000 to £86,000 |
| But which are extremely serious and leave the injured person little better off than if the arm had been lost. | |
| Simple fractures | Up to £8,250 |
| Tennis elbow syndrome and lacerations with no permanent impairment of function. | |
| Injuries causing impairment of function | £10,300 to £21,000 |
| But not involving major surgery of significant disability. | |
| A severely disabling injury | £25,750 to £36,000 |
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Leg
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Simple fractures and soft tissue injuries | Up to £6,000 |
| Simple fracture of a femur | £6,000 to £9,200 |
| With no damage to articular surfaces. | |
| Fractures from which an incomplete recovery is made | £11,800 to £18,250 |
| Injured person left with a metal plate and/or defective gait, a limp, impaired mobility, sensory loss, discomfort or an exacerbation of a pre-existing disability. | |
| Severe, complicated or multiple fractures | £18,250 to £25,750 |
| Serious injuries to joints or ligaments | £25,750 to £36,000 |
| Resulting in instability, prolonged treatment, a lengthy period of non-weight-bearing, the near certainty that arthritis will ensue. | |
| Injuries leading to permanent problems with mobility | £36,000 to £55,500 |
| The need for crutches for the remainder of the injured person's life; injuries where multiple fractures have taken years to heal and have led to serious deformity and limitation of movement, or where arthritis has developed in a joint so that further surgical treatment is likely. | |
| Such injuries like extensive degloving of the leg | £63,000 to £89,000 |
| Where there is gross shortening of the leg or where fractures have not united and extensive bone grafting has been undertaken. | |
| Below-knee amputation of one leg | £60,000 to £86,000 |
| Above-knee amputation of one leg | £63,000 to £92,000 |
| Below-knee amputation of both legs | £132,000 to £177,500 |
| Total loss of both legs | £158,000 to £185,000 |
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Wrist & Hand
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Undisplaced or minimally displaced fractures | £2,300 to £3,125 |
| And soft tissue injuries recovering within a matter of months. | |
| Where recovery from fracture or soft tissue injury takes longer but is complete | £6,500 |
| Uncomplicated Colles' fracture | £4,850 |
| Less severe injuries | £8,250 to £16,100 |
| Where these still result in permanent disability. | |
| Injury resulting in significant permanent disability | £16,100 to £25,750 |
| But where some useful movement remains. | |
| Injuries resulting in complete loss of function in the wrist | £31,300 to £39,300 |
| Severe thumb pain for a very short time | £1,450 |
| Full recovery within a few months. | |
| Thumb fracture with recovery in six months | £2,600 |
| Except for residual stiffness. | |
| Severe thumb dislocation | £2,600 to £4,450 |
| Involving amputation of the tip | £8,250 to £11,000 |
| Nerve damage or fracture necessitating insertion of wires as a result of which the thumb is cold and ultra-sensitive and there is impaired grip and loss of manual dexterity. | |
| Thumb has been severed at the base | £12,900 to £23,000 |
| And grafted back leaving a virtually useless and deformed digit, or where the thumb has been amputated through the interphalangeal joint. | |
| Loss of thumb | £23,250 to £36,000 |
| Fracture of one finger | £2,000 to £3,125 |
| Amputation of terminal phalanges of the index and middle fingers | £16,400 |
| Aputation of ring and little fingers | £14,350 |
| Loss of part of the little finger | £2,600 to £3,850 |
| Amputation of little finger | £5,700 to £8,000 |
| Loss of terminal phalanx of the ring and middle fingers | £2,600 to £5,150 |
| Serious injury to ring or middle fingers | £9,750 to £10,750 |
| Total loss of middle finger | £10,250 |
| Fracture of index finger | £6,000 to £8,000 |
| Partial loss of index finger | £8,000 to £12,250 |
| Total loss of index finger | £12,250 |
| Severe fractures to fingers | £24,100 |
| Less serious crush injuries | £600 to £2,850 |
| Penetrating wounds, soft tissue type and deep lacerations with recovery within a few months. | |
| Crush injuries | £4,100 to £8,700 |
| Penetrating wounds, soft tissue type and deep lacerations. The top of the bracket would be appropriate where surgery has failed and permanent disability remains. | |
| Severe crush injury resulting in impaired function | £9,500 to £19,000 |
| Without future surgery or despite operative treatment undergone. | |
| Injuries would have reduced the hand to around 50% capacity | £19,000 to £40,650 |
| Could be cases where several fingers have been amputated but rejoined to the hand leaving it clawed, clumsy and unsightly, or amputation of some fingers together with part of the palm resulting in gross diminution of grip and dexterity and gross disfigurement. | |
| Amputation of index and middle and/or ring fingers | £40,650 to £59,500 |
| Total or effective loss of one hand | £63,000 to £72,000 |
| Serious damage to both hands | £36,000 to £55,000 |
| Leaving permanent cosmetic disability and loss of function. | |
| Total or effective loss of both hands | £92,000 to £132,000 |
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Knee
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Injuries involving less serious dislocation | Up to £9,000 |
| Lacerations, twisting or bruising injuries, torn cartilage or meniscus or which accelerate symptoms from a pre-existing condition but which additionally result in minor instability, wasting, weakness or other mild future disability. | |
| Injuries involving dislocation | £9,750 to £17,500 |
| Torn cartilage or meniscus or which accelerate symptoms from a pre-existing condition but which additionally result in minor instability, wasting, weakness or other mild future disability | |
| Less severe leg fractures extending into the knee joint | £17,500 to £28,250 |
| And/or injuries which result in less severe disability. Continuing symptoms by way of pain and discomfort and limitation of movement or instability or deformity with the risk of degenerative changes occurring. | |
| Leg fracture extending into the knee joint causing pain | £34,250 to £45,750 |
| Which is constant, permanent, limiting movement or impairing agility and rendering the injured person prone to osteoarthritis and the risk of arthroplasty. | |
| Serious knee injury where there has been disruption of the joint | £45,750 to £63,000 |
| Gross ligamentous damage, lengthy treatment, considerable pain and loss of function and an arthrodesis or arthroplasty has taken place or is inevitable. | |
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Foot & Ankle
| Categories | Compensation Bracket |
| Less serious, minor or undisplaced fractures | Up to £9,000 |
| Sprains and ligamentous injuries. | |
| Fractures | £8,700 to £17,500 |
| Ligamentous tears the like which give rise to less serious disabilities. | |
| Injuries necessitating extensive period of treatment | £20,500 to £32,750 |
| And/or a lengthy period in plaster or where pins and plates have been inserted and there is significant residual disability in the form of ankle disability. | |
| Transmalleolar fracture of the ankle | £32,750 to £45,750 |
| With extensive soft tissue damage resulting in deformity and risk that any future injury to the leg might necessitate a below-knee amputation. | |
| Simple metatarsal fractures | £9,000 |
| Ruptured ligaments, puncture wounds and similar. | |
| Simple metatarsal fractures | £4,350 to £9,000 |
| Continuing symptoms such as a permanent limp, pain or aching. | |
| Simple metatarsal fractures | £4,350 |
| Straightforward foot injuries such as fractures, lacerations, contusions from which complete of near complete recovery is made. | |
| Displaced metatarsal fractures | £9,000 to £16,400 |
| Resulting in permanent deformity and continuing symptoms. | |
| Grievous burns to both feet | £16,400 to £25,750 |
| Requiring multiple operations and leaving disfiguring scars and persistent irritaion. | |
| Fractures of both heels or feet | £30,000 to £44,200 |
| With a substantial restriction on mobility or considerable or permanent pain. | |
| Permanent and severe pain | £55,000 to £72,000 |
| Or really serious permanent disability. | |
| Amputation of one foot | £55,000 to £72,000 |
| Amputation of both feet | £111,000 to £132,500 |
| Relatively straightforward toe fractures | Up to £6,300 |
| Or the exacerbation of a pre-existing degenerative condition. | |
| Straightforward toe fractures | £3,500 or less |
| Of one or more toes with complete resolution within a short period of time. | |
| Serious injuries to the great toe | £6,300 to £9,000 |
| Or crush and multiple fractures of two or more toes with some permanent disability by way of discomfort, pain or sensitive scarring. | |
| Severe crushed toe injuries | £9,000 to £12,600 |
| Falling short of the need for amputation or necessitating only partial amputation, including bursting wounds and injuries resulting in severe damage. | |
| Amputation of great toe | £20,500 |
| Amputation of all toes | £24,000 to £37,000 |
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