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Schedule 2 PRESCRIBED DEGREES OF DISABLEMENT

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Description of injuryDegree of disablement per cent
1. Loss of both hands or amputation at higher sites100
2. Loss of a hand and a foot100
3. Double amputation through leg or thigh, or amputation through leg or thigh on one side and loss of other foot100
4. Loss of sight to such an extent as to render the claimant unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential100
5. Very severe facial disfiguration100
6. Absolute deafness100
7. Forequarter or hindquarter amputation100
Amputation cases—upper limbs (either arm)
8. Amputation through shoulder joint 90
9. Amputation below shoulder with stump less than 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion 80
10. Amputation from 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion to less than 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon70
11. Loss of a hand or of the thumb and four fingers of one hand or amputation from 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon60
12. Loss of thumb30
13. Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone40
14. Loss of four fingers of one hand 50
15. Loss of three fingers of one hand30
16. Loss of two fingers of one hand20
17. Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb 20
Amputation cases—lower limbs
18. Amputation of both feet resulting in end-bearing stumps90
19. Amputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint80
20. Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint40
21. Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal inter-phalangeal joint30
22. Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal inter-phalangeal joint20
23. Amputation at hip90
24. Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter80
25. 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
26. Amputation at knee resulting in end-bearing stump or below knee with stump not exceeding 9 centimetres 60
27. Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 9 centimetres but not exceeding 13 centimetres50
28. Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres40
29. Amputation of one foot resulting in end-bearing stump 30
30. Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint30
31. Loss of all toes of one foot through the metatarso-phalangeal joint20
Other injuries
32. Loss of one eye, without complications, the other being normal 40
33. Loss of vision of one eye, without complications or disfigurement of eyeball, the other being normal 30
Loss of:
A. Fingers of right or left hand
Index finger—
34. Whole14
35. Two phalanges11
36. One phalanx9
37. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone5
Middle finger—
38. Whole 12
39. Two phalanges9
40. One phalanx7
41. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone 4
Ring or little finger—
42. Whole7
43. Two phalanges6
44. One phalanx 5
45. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone2
B. Toes of right or left foot
Great toe—
46. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint14
47. Part, with some loss of bone3
Any other toe—
48. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint3
49. Part, with some loss of bone1
Two toes of one foot, excluding great toe—
50. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 5
51. Part, with some loss of bone2
Three toes of one foot, excluding great toe—
52. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 6
53. Part, with some loss of bone 3
Four toes of one foot, excluding great toe—
54. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint9
55. Part, with some loss of bone3