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Appendix 2: Prescribed degrees of disablement

Description of injury [Legislation (129)] Degree of disablement
1. Loss of both hands or amputation at higher sites 100
2. Loss of a hand and a foot 100
3. Double amputation through leg or thigh, or amputation through leg or thigh on one side and loss of other foot 100
4. Loss of sight to such an extent as to render the claimant unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential 100
5. Very severe facial disfiguration 100
6. Absolute deafness 100
7. Forequarter or hindquarter amputation 100
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 olecranon 70
11. Loss of a hand or of the thumb and four fingers of one hand or amputation from 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon 60
12. Loss of thumb 30
13. Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone 40
14. Loss of four fingers of one hand 50
15. Loss of three fingers of one hand 30
16. Loss of two fingers of one hand 20
17. Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb 20
Amputation cases – lower limbs  
18. Amputation of both feet resulting in end-bearing stumps 90
19. Amputation through feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint 80
20. Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint 40
21. Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal inter-phalangeal joint 30
22. Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal inter-phalangeal joint 20
23. Amputation at hip 90
24. Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter 80
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 20
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 centimetres 50
28. Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres 40
29. Amputation of one foot resulting in an end-bearing stump 30
30. Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint 30
31. Loss of all toes of one foot through the metatarso-phalangeal joint 20
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 the eyeball, the other being normal 30
Loss of fingers of the right or left hand  
Index finger  
34. Whole 14
35. Two phalanges 11
36. One phalanx 9
37. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone 5
Middle finger  
38. Whole 12
39. Two phalanges 9
40. One phalanx 7
41. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone 4
Ring or little finger  
42. Whole 7
43. Two phalanges 6
44. One phalanx 5
45. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone 2
Loss of toes of the right or left foot  
Great toe  
46. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 14
47. Part, with some loss of bone 3
Any other toe  
48. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 3
49. Part, with some loss of bone 1
Two toes of one foot, excluding great toe  
50. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 5
51. Part, with some loss of bone 2
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 joint 9
55. Part, with some loss of bone 3

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