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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-general-benefit-regulations-1982/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1408",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-general-benefit-regulations-1982",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "PRESCRIBED DEGREES OF DISABLEMENT",
  "text": "Description of injury\nDegree of disablement per cent\n1. Loss of both hands or amputation at higher sites\n100\n2. Loss of a hand and a foot\n100\n3. Double amputation through leg or thigh, or amputation through leg or thigh on one side and loss of other foot\n100\n4. Loss of sight to such an extent as to render the claimant unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential\n100\n5. Very severe facial disfiguration\n100\n6. Absolute deafness\n100\n7. Forequarter or hindquarter amputation\n100\nAmputation cases—upper limbs (either arm)\n8. Amputation through shoulder joint\n90\n9. Amputation below shoulder with stump less than 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion\n80\n10. Amputation from 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion to less than 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon\n70\n11. Loss of a hand or of the thumb and four fingers of one hand or amputation from 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon\n60\n12. Loss of thumb\n30\n13. Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone\n40\n14. Loss of four fingers of one hand\n50\n15. Loss of three fingers of one hand\n30\n16. Loss of two fingers of one hand\n20\n17. Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb\n20\nAmputation cases—lower limbs\n18. Amputation of both feet resulting in end-bearing stumps\n90\n19. Amputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint\n80\n20. Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint\n40\n21. Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal inter-phalangeal joint\n30\n22. Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal inter-phalangeal joint\n20\n23. Amputation at hip\n90\n24. Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter\n80\n25. 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\n70\n26. Amputation at knee resulting in end-bearing stump or below knee with stump not exceeding 9 centimetres\n60\n27. Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 9 centimetres but not exceeding 13 centimetres\n50\n28. Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres\n40\n29. Amputation of one foot resulting in end-bearing stump\n30\n30. Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint\n30\n31. Loss of all toes of one foot through the metatarso-phalangeal joint\n20\nOther injuries\n32. Loss of one eye, without complications, the other being normal\n40\n33. Loss of vision of one eye, without complications or disfigurement of eyeball, the other being normal\n30\nLoss of:\nA. Fingers of right or left hand\nIndex finger—\n34. Whole\n14\n35. Two phalanges\n11\n36. One phalanx\n9\n37. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone\n5\nMiddle finger—\n38. Whole\n12\n39. Two phalanges\n9\n40. One phalanx\n7\n41. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone\n4\nRing or little finger—\n42. Whole\n7\n43. Two phalanges\n6\n44. One phalanx\n5\n45. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone\n2\nB. Toes of right or left foot\nGreat toe—\n46. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint\n14\n47. Part, with some loss of bone\n3\nAny other toe—\n48. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint\n3\n49. Part, with some loss of bone\n1\nTwo toes of one foot, excluding great toe—\n50. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint\n5\n51. Part, with some loss of bone\n2\nThree toes of one foot, excluding great toe—\n52. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint\n6\n53. Part, with some loss of bone\n3\nFour toes of one foot, excluding great toe—\n54. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint\n9\n55. Part, with some loss of bone\n3",
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  "status": null,
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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