Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Severity of Injury	Effect on injured person	Estimated compensation
Severe	Lasting effects preventing the person working or from functioning as they had previously. Every aspect of the inidividual’s life is affected	£40,000 – £66,000
Moderately severe	Individual’s ability to function to be affected for the foreseeable future but some recovery is possible with professional help.	£15,250 – £40,000
Moderate	Injured person has recovered with minor lasting effects	£5,400 – £15,250
Minor	Individual will make a full recovery within two years, only very minor symptoms may persist	£2,600 – £5,400

The level of compensation awarded within each bracket will depend on:

The effect the disorder has on the individual’s ability to function as they had before its onset
The effect of the disorder on various aspects of the individual’s life
The extent of any lasting effects
The extent to which the individual has, or is likely to, recover from the disorder