Psychiatric injury compensation calculator

Use the psychiatric injury compensation lookup to compare the adopted Irish guideline categories. Select a severity and recovery description to display its exact euro bracket and source reference. Read the full description before treating a category as relevant to an injury.

Psychiatric damage and PTSD

Section 4 distinguishes psychiatric damage generally from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Each has severe, serious, moderate and minor categories. Their descriptions and ranges differ, so the selector names the branch as well as the severity. A general psychiatric category should not be substituted for a PTSD category just because the severity word is the same.

The source says that, in the absence of physical injury, recovery is permitted only for recognizable psychiatric injury. It distinguishes that from upset, distress and other feelings mentioned in the passage. The PTSD branch is confined to a specific diagnosis of a reactive psychiatric disorder following the event described in the source. This lookup cannot establish a diagnosis or assess whether those requirements are met.

Prognosis and recovery

The general psychiatric categories refer to the extent of problems, prognosis, improvement and full recovery. The PTSD categories distinguish permanent effects, projected recovery with professional help, largely recovered cases and resolved symptoms. The source lists considerations including daily life, education, work, relationships, medical assistance, treatment, likely treatment success and prognosis. The tool reproduces a selected bracket without assigning a score to those considerations. Read the description and seek an appropriate interpretation of the evidence before treating a range as relevant to a claim.

How to read the result

The result is a source lookup. A category label is a starting point for reading the Guidelines, rather than a diagnosis. Open the linked PDF page and compare its full description with the medical evidence. The short descriptions on this page help you find a passage; the original wording gives the complete category and its qualifications. If the description does not match, return to the category selector instead of treating the amount as a personal entitlement.

A bracket has a lower and upper endpoint. The tool reproduces both endpoints and the source spacing. It does not select a midpoint, apply an inflation adjustment, multiply by a severity score or deduct fees. It also does not add the brackets for separate injuries together. The Guidelines discuss multiple injuries separately and call for a proportionate overall assessment. A simple sum would miss that guidance.

Keep the bracket separate from the claim

The Board describes general damages as compensation for pain and suffering and special damages as financial losses, including medical expenses or lost earnings. This tool only displays a general damages bracket. It has no fields for expenses, earnings, liability or legal costs. A result therefore cannot be read as a total settlement, a net payment or an assessment of whether a claim will succeed. Use the Board fee and process table to read the official application information alongside the injury source.