Wrist injuries will often lead to a lot of discomfort and difficulty in doing everyday tasks we take for granted, as well as being commonly associated with the need for time off of work.
Whether you have slipped or tripped causing a knock or a break to the wrist, or whether you have injured the muscle tissue from manual handling, it’s important to know what you can claim for when it comes to a personal injury case for a wrist injury.
Read on for a bit of help and advice on the topic.
The Injury Itself
When we look at valuing a claim for personal injury compensation, we need you to be seen by a specialist medical expert who is qualified to provide for us a ‘medico-legal’ report. This report, combined with our wealth of specialist injury claiming experience, should give us all we need to look at putting a figure on your claim to get it settled as fast as possible.
When making a claim, we look at many things. For wrist injury claims, common things we look at are:
- Whether it’s your dominant side that’s been injured – as this can put you at a greater disadvantage and lead to a higher payout.
- Your domestic situation – how badly this has been affected, and whether you needed help form friends and family.
- Your work situation – whether you needed time off work due to the injury.
- Socially – how your hobbies might have been affected.
- The general pain, suffering, and inconvenience caused – looking in to detail the affect any operations or restricted movement you may have had.
There can be a great deal of things that can affect different people in different ways, and we assess it all on a case by case basis. We use the medical evidence to help us with this.
According to the official guidelines for wrist injury claims, there are several brackets that are differentiated by the seriousness and affect the injury has had on you. Here’s a glimpse at some of the brackets:
- Up to £3,375 – where a complete recovery is made within weeks or up to 12 months.
- Up to £5,300 – for uncomplicated Colles’ fractures.
- £9,000 – £17,500 – less severe injuries where there are some permanent affects like minor weakness and pain.
- £17,500 – £28,000 – permanent injuries that are more significant, but where some useful movement and ability remains.
- £34,000 – £42,750 – permanent and complete loss of function injuries.
Where you fit in these brackets is of course all dependent on the extent and length of any pain and suffering caused. On top of that, we need to look at financial losses and expenses such as lost earnings and treatment costs. We can actually help to fund private medial care that can be recovered from rather other side if you use us for a claim, and this can help a lot with making the best recovery possible.
