How much compensation for a Wrist Injury?
Wrist injuries can be very painful and disabling. An injury to the wrist should be taken very seriously and you should seek medical help as soon as possible. Like most compensation claims the severity of the injury and the amount of suffering will all be taken into consideration when calculating the compensation amount.
Wrist injures resulting in complete loss of function in the wrist where an arthrodesis (permanent surgical immobilization of a joint) has been performed would bring in damages of £27,750 to £34,850. A wrist injury where there is significant permanent disability with some useful movement still remains could result in a compensation award of £14,250 to £22,650. Less severe wrist injuries where there is still a degree of persisting pain and stiffness and some permanent disability the amount would be in the region of £7,375 to £14,250. If you have a distal radius fracture (Colles’) the amount would be in the region of £4,300. A minor injury where there is a virtual full recovery within a matter of months and only needed a plaster or bandage would result in damages of £2,000 to £2,800. If the injury was from a fracture or soft tissue damage and the recovery took a little bit longer the award would rarely exceed £5,850. For repetitive strain injury (RSI) the amount would be the lower end of the scale unless the person with the injury had permanent damage due to the severity of the injury.
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