Foot and Toe Injuries

If you have suffered a foot or toe injury your injury may fall within one of the following brackets.

• Amputation of both feet - £111,000 to £132,000
• Amputation of one foot - £55,000 to £72,000
• Very severe - £55,000 to £72,000

This includes permanent injuries with severe pain orreally serious permanent disability

• Serious to severe - £30,000 to £44,000

Severe injuries include fractures of both heels and/or feet where there is a substantial restriction on mobility or considerable or permanent pain. Serious injuries include grievous burns to both feet requiring multiple operations and leaving disfiguring scars.

• Modest to moderate - up to £16,400

This includes injuries resulting in displaced metatarsal fractures resulting in permanent deformity and continuing symptoms. The lower end of the bracket includes injuries such as simple metatarsal fractures, ruptured ligaments and puncture wounds.

The level of the award you may be entitled to will vary depending on the degree of any continuing disability you have sustained, the extent of any on-going symptoms and treatment you may require and the future risk of osteoarthritis.

Toe injuries

• Amputation of all toes - £24,000 to £37,000
• Amputation of the great toe - in the region of £20,500
• Severe - £9,000 to £12,600

This includes severe crush injuries and partial amputations

• Severe - £9,000 to £12,600
• Serious - £6,300 to £9,000

This includes injuries to the great toe, crush and multiple fractures of two or more toes

• Moderate - up to £6,300

This includes relatively straightforward fractures or the exacerbation of a pre-existing degenerative condition. The level of the award you may be entitled to will vary depending on the degree of any permanent disability you have sustained and the extent of any on-going symptoms and pain you are suffering from.

Call 0800 043 4035 now to speak to a specialist personal injury solicitor about claiming compensation following a foot or toe injury.