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Description of Injury | Assessment |
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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. | |
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 |
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