Arm Injury Claim Payout Tables 2026 for Common Arm Injuries
We set out the compensation payouts for all manner of arm injury claim from broken arm bones and multiple fractures to both ligament and tendon damage plus partial and full arm amputations.
In addition, we look at the criteria necessary to prove your claim, the parts of your arm that you can injure and show how to calculate your compensation settlement for minor to severe arm injuries.
- Arm Injury Claim Payout Tables 2026 for Common Arm Injuries
- Payouts Table 2026 For Arm Injury Claims
- What is an arm injury claim?
- What are the parts of your arm that you can injure?
- Elbow and wrist injury claim payouts
- How do you know if someone is legally to blame for your injured arm?
- How does your solicitor decide how much compensation you can claim?
- Average compensation payout amounts for your arm injury claim
- Simple fracture arm injury claim settlements
- Fractured forearm or upper arm with ongoing symptoms
- Serious fractures with ongoing disability
- Multiple broken bones with serious disability
- Below elbow amputation average payouts
- Above elbow amputation of one arm
- Whole arm amputation
- Amputation of both of your arms
- Q&A And Blog
- Summary
- Payouts Table 2026 For Arm Injury Claims
Payouts Table 2026 For Arm Injury Claims
Our regularly updated payouts table sets out the amounts of compensation you can claim for pain and suffering for various different types of arm injury.
| Arm Injury | Average Claim Payout |
|---|---|
| Simple fracture | £8,000 – £23,500 |
| Fracture leaving ongoing pain | £23,500 – £48,000 |
| Multiple fractures causing a modest disability | £48,000 – £73,000 |
| Multiple broken bones causing a significant disability | £117,000 – £160,000 |
| Below Elbow Amputation | £117,000 – £134,000 |
| Above Elbow Amputation | £134,000 – £160,000 |
| Single Arm Amputation Claim (at the shoulder) | Over £168,000 |
| Amputation Of Both Arms | £294,000 – £366,000 |
More Detailed Calculations
Read on to discover how we calculate pain and suffering payout amounts. Plus we set out additional compensation you can claim for both financial loss and expense.
What is an arm injury claim?
Some types of arm injury, such as a fractured or broken arm, can be caused due to the fault or negligence of another.
If you can prove legal fault for your arm injury then you will be entitled to claim compensation from the person or business deemed at fault – this is known as an “arm injury claim”.
Arm injuries might include:
- A broken or fractured upper or lower arm.
- Torn ligament, damaged tendon or muscle damage.
- Severe injury requiring amputation. For example. an arm amputation claim caused by a crush injury.
What are the parts of your arm that you can injure?
As you are no doubt aware – your arm is the limb which extends from your shoulder to your wrist. However, you will typically include both your upper arm and your forearm within your understanding of the word.
Doctors Only Refer To The Upper Arm
When using the word “arm” your doctor will typically only be referring to your upper arm. Whereas a doctor will typically refer to your forearm as being your lower arm,
Still, the common usage of the word arm in everyday society includes both the upper arm and the forearm so we will use ths definition for the purpose of arm injury claims.
Upper arm
Your upper arm extends from your shoulder to your elbow and includes the following body parts that can be injured in an accident:
Humerus bone
The upper arm not only includes one major bone (known as the humerus) but also muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Biceps and triceps muscles
No doubt you will heard of the two major muscles in your upper arm – both the biceps (on the inside of your arm) and the triceps (on the outside of your arm).
Lower arm / forearm
Your forearm is considered your lower arm – extending from your elbow to your wrist. It has two major bones (the ulna and radius) coupled with various muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Elbow and wrist injury claim payouts
Although the elbow and wrist clearly form part of your arm – the injuries you might suffer to each can be varied.
For this reason – we have written more specific articles about these body parts and the compensation payouts you can expect. Therefore – we recommend you see our elbow injury and a wrist injury articles for more details.
How do you know if someone is legally to blame for your injured arm?
As you can imagine showing someone is legally-at-fault for your broken arm injury claim can be a complex matter. Consequently, your solicitor will have to depend on an intricate knowledge of the law for your specific accident type.
Consult With A Solicitor To Determine Fault
When you are an innocent accident victim then you will be protected by the law in the UK in many ways. However – what these protections are and how they apply to you will take specialist knowledge to understand. Resulting in – working out who is legally at fault is not always as obvious as you may imagine.
Therefore – we recommend you act swiftly and consult with a personal injury solicitor to determine whether someone can be shown to be “legally responsible” for your injury.
Example of showing fault for an accident
For example – imagine you buy a new pedal bicycle and that bike malfunctions due to defect with the frame, causing you to fall off and cause injury to your arm. It is likely the manufacturer of the bike will be legally liable for a providing a defective product.
You only need to show that the bike was faulty and the manufacturer will be “strictly liable” for injuries caused.
In other words – you do not have to show how the manufacturer was at fault or how the defect occurred – only that the defect did occur and that defect caused your injury. Thereafter the manufacturer will be legally liable meet your arm injury claim for compensation. However – you must still prove the extent of your injury using an independent medico legal expert.
How does your solicitor decide how much compensation you can claim?
There are two main types of compensation which will form part of your arm injury claim:
Compensation for pain and suffering for your arm injury
Compensation for pain and suffering describes what the UK courts have decided over many years certain types of injury are worth.
Medical expert prognosis
Your lawyer will instruct a medico legal expert to specifically produce a medical report describing your injuries. The expertise of the expert will depend on both the nature and extent of your arm injury.
For example – a broken or fractured arm injury will most likely requite the expertise of a consultant orthopaedic surgeon.
The report will include a prediction into the future (known as a prognosis) as to how long it will take for your symptoms of pain to resolve and whether there will be any future complications.
Comparison with previous claims decided by the courts
Thereafter, your solicitor will find awards for similar injuries made by the court in the past and so allowing the amount of compensation you should recover for pain and suffering to be determined.
Compensation for your financial losses and expenses
Both the financial losses and expenses that you are entitled to claim compensation for will depend entirely on your circumstances.
For example:
Lost income
You might have to have time off work to recover from a broken arm and so you can claim lost income; you might have medical expenses such as pain killers (keep your receipts and you can claim this money back).
Travel expenses to hospital / GP
You might regularly travel to the hospital and your GP for treatment. Keep your receipts and however you travel you will be able to claim. If you drive or are driven by a friend or family member – keep a record of the mileage (and hospital parkin expenses) as rate can be claimed.
Nursing help / care and assistance from family
If your are injuries are so sever that you pay a nurse to help look after you at your home them you may be entitled to claim this necessary expense.
However, you could also claim a rate for the equivalent of nursing assistance if a friend or family member helps you in the home due to your injuries. For example – you may need help bathing and cooking whilst your arm is in a cast.
Keep Records Of Time Spent And Receipts
Remember – it is down to you to prove every aspect of your claim, including your financial losses.
Therefore, keep a detailed record of all time spent, who was providing the help plus all receipts in support.
Average compensation payout amounts for your arm injury claim
See our examples of compensation payouts for pain and suffering for different types arm injury claim.
Simple fracture arm injury claim settlements
You may experience soft tissue injuries (muscle, ligament, tendon damage) and a simple fracture or broken bone. Bones affected can be in the forearm or upper arm (ulna, radius or humerus as described earlier in this article). An arm fracture (tendon / ligament / muscle damage) that is expected to heal quickly with no ongoing problems will result in an average claim payout of between £8,000 – £23,500.
Fractured forearm or upper arm with ongoing symptoms
A broken arm which takes some time to heal couple with a small degree of ongoing pain will result in an average broken arm injury claim payout of between £23,500 – £48,000.
Serious fractures with ongoing disability
You may experience more serious fractures, which heal leaving some significant symptoms and some disability to the function of your arm. Disability can include cosmetic disability.
However, remaining symptoms may still allow your arm to function effectively.
Serious arm fracture claim payouts are calculated between £48,000 – £73,000.
Multiple broken bones with serious disability
The most serious arm injuries (falling short of amputation) can include multiple broken bones which do not heal correctly and leave significant disability and ongoing pain. Your resultant average claim payout for multiple broken arm bones will be between £117,000 – £160,000.
Below elbow amputation average payouts
Arm injuries resulting in the need to amputate one arm below your elbow and through the forearm. Leaving you with severe physical and phantom pains. This type of below elbow arm amputation will result in a compensation payout of between £117,000 – £134,000.
Above elbow amputation of one arm
An amputation of one arm above the elbow will lead to a shorter stump than a below elbow amputation. You may have to use a prosthetic limb. Therefore, this type of above elbow arm amputation claim will result in a payout calculated between £134,000 – £160,000.
Whole arm amputation
The worst type of single arm amputation will involved a whole arm amputation at the shoulder. For this type of arm amputation claim, you can expect a compensation payout in excess of £168,000.
Amputation of both of your arms
The most serious type of arm injury claim will involve both of arms being amputated. However, amputation of the arm can take several different forms. For example – a below elbow amputation, an above elbow amputation or an amputation of the arm at the shoulder.
this types of double arm amputation will result in a compensation payout of between £294,000 – £366,000.
The Degree Of Amputation Affects How Much You Can Claim
The larger the arm amputation that takes place, the greater your pain and suffering compensation payout.
Therefore, both arms amputated at the shoulder will result in the largest arm injury compensation payout.
Q&A And Blog
We provide both a blog and specific answers to site visitor and accident victim questions.
Click the links below to be taken to our detailed answer and blog.
Amputated Arm In A Coal Mining Accident
Defective Metal Press At Work Causes Broken Arm And Fractured Shoulder
Fractured Forearm In A Road Accident
Head On Collision Car Accident Causing Broken Arm And Spinal Fractures
Summary
In summary – we explained how much compensation your solicitor may be able to recover for all manner of arm injury claim from minor soft tissue injury, to multiple fractures and amputation.
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