Part V ASSESSMENT OF DISABLEMENT CAUSED BY SPECIFIED INJURIES AND OF CERTAIN OTHER DISABLEMENTS
United Kingdom
Note:– Where the scheduled assessment for a specified injury involving multiple losses differs from the sum of the assessments for the separate injuries, the former is the appropriate assessment. | |
| Description of Injury | Assessment |
|---|---|
| Amputation Cases – Upper Limbs | per cent |
| Loss of both hands or amputation at higher sites | 100 |
| Forequarter amputation | 100 |
| Amputation through shoulder joint | 90 |
| Amputation below shoulder with stump less than 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion | 80 |
| Amputation from 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion to less than 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon | 70 |
| Amputation from 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon | 60 |
| Loss of thumb | 30 |
| Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone | 40 |
| Loss of 4 fingers | 50 |
| Loss of 3 fingers | 30 |
| Loss of 2 fingers | 20 |
| Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb | 20 |
| Amputation Cases – Lower Limbs | per cent |
| Double amputation through thigh, or through thigh on one side and loss of other foot, or double amputation below thigh to 13 centimetres below knee | 100 |
| Double amputation through leg lower than 13 centimetres below knee | 100 |
| Amputation of one leg lower than 13 centimetres below knee and loss of other foot | 100 |
| Amputation of both feet resulting in end-bearing stumps | 90 |
| Amputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint | 80 |
| Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint | 40 |
| Loss of all toes of both feet proximal interphalangeal joint | 30 |
| Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal interphalangeal joint | 20 |
| Hindquarter amputation | 100 |
| Amputation through hip joint | 90 |
| Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter | 80 |
| Amputation below hip and above knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter, or at knee not resulting in end-bearing stump | 70 |
| Amputation at knee resulting in end-bearing stump, or below knee with stump not exceeding 9 centimetres | 60 |
| Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 9 centimetres but not exceeding 13 centimetres | 50 |
| Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres | 40 |
| Amputation of one foot resulting in end-bearing stump | 30 |
| Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint | 30 |
| Loss of all toes of one foot proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint, including amputations through the metatarso-phalangeal joint. | 20 |
| Other Specific Injuries | per cent |
| Loss of a hand and a foot | 100 |
| Loss of one eye, without complications, the other being normal | 40 |
| Loss of vision of one eye, without complications or disfigurement of the eyeball, the other being normal | 30 |
| Loss of sight | 100 |
| Other Disablements | per cent |
| Very severe facial disfigurement | 100 |
| Absolute deafness | 100 |
| F1Mesothelioma | 100 |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 4 Table inserted (6.4.2009) by The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/706), arts. 1(1), 15(d) (with art. 18)