Shoulder injury compensation calculator

Use the shoulder 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.

Reading shoulder injury descriptions

Section 7.D lists severe, serious, moderate and minor shoulder injuries. The severe description includes brachial plexus nerve damage and significant disability. The serious section gives examples involving shoulder dislocation, fractured humerus and a rotator cuff injury with persisting symptoms notwithstanding surgery. Read the functional effects and recovery details, rather than assuming that every injury sharing one of those names belongs in the same bracket.

The moderate shoulder description includes frozen shoulder with movement restriction and discomfort persisting for years, and other soft tissue injuries with permanent intrusive symptoms. Minor shoulder examples include soft tissue injuries with almost complete recovery and a simple clavicle fracture with good recovery. The published minor rows refer to substantial recovery within two years, within one year and within six months. They should be read in the context of that minor injury description.

Dominant limb and daily effects

The shoulder source explicitly asks whether the injury affects the shoulder of the dominant upper limb. It also lists age, symptoms, degenerative changes, treatment, work, quality of life, relationships and prognosis as considerations. The lookup does not collect or score these factors. Its purpose is to show the range attached to a selected description, with enough context to return to the original source. For symptoms involving the wrist as well, the wrist tool provides the separate official section.

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.