You do not have to have broken your arm to make a claim for personal injury compensation – you are able to make a claim where you sustained muscular injuries as well.
Any muscular injury, even when minor, can be pretty debilitating, and is likely to have a significant impact on your social, domestic, and work life.
So read on for some vital advice about what you can claim for and how much you could be expecting to receive.
Whether it’s a fall that has caused an impact injury or a jerking injury caused by machinery at work, if the injury has been caused by negligence, you may be able to win a claim. You can claim for the pain, suffering, and loss of amenity caused by the injury itself, which is generally based on the length and severity of any suffering caused.
We can take in to account the restrictions a muscular arm injury causes, such as restricted ability to work, drive, or carry out every day simple tasks such as dressing yourself and cooking or cleaning. We can value this by sending you to see a medical expert who will provide a report for us to show the extent and level of the suffering.
Generally speaking: the more you suffer, the more we get for you.
You can also claim for losses and expenses caused such as lost earnings, travel expenses to and from appointments, medication costs, and anything else that is associated with the accident or injury, within reason. We can also sort out private physiotherapy for you as well and you can also claim for care and assistance from family and friends for their time in helping you.
The value of the claim is all based on the nature or the suffering and the extent of it, with the losses and expenses claim on top of that.
We can look at the official guidelines we use to value claims for a vital insight in to what you can expect to receive. But take note that this is all just based on the general guidelines, and the value of the claim will come down to the individual evidence and circumstances of your claim.
The official guidelines say that:
- Injuries fully resolving after about one year will usually attract an award in the region of £2,500
- Injuries with the majority of symptoms resolving within 18 to 24 months but with nuisance level symptoms persisting after that would attract an award of £4,500