Eyes
50 – 80% loss of vision in 1 eye
Compensation range under the Bar Council Malaysia Revised Compendium 2018 (Circular 255/2018) — the operative judicial guideline for general damages in personal injury claims in Malaysia.
Typical range (general damages)
RM30,000 – RM72,000
- Low
- RM30,000
- Relatively minor presentation, conservative treatment, no significant residual effects.
- High
- RM72,000
- Surgery / complications and maximum loss of amenities (occupational and lifestyle impact).
What pushes toward the high: Use the specialist's % vision-loss report. Visual occupations (pilot, surgeon) push toward high.
How Malaysian courts apply this range
- The Low figure reflects a relatively minor presentation. The High already incorporates maximum loss of amenities — calculations should not push above the band-high.
- Where the claimant has multiple injuries, courts adjust for overlap — the total is not a naive sum of each head.
- Special damages (medical bills, loss of earnings, future care) are separate from the general damages range above.
See methodology for how Rawyer models severity, loss of amenities, and overlap.
Other Eyes injuries
- Haematoma in 1 eyeRM3,000–RM4,000
- Haematoma in both eyesRM3,500–RM4,500
- Loss of peripheral visionRM12,000–RM24,000
- Diplopia (double vision)RM12,000–RM24,000
- Traumatic cataractRM6,000–RM9,500
- 20 – 50% loss of vision in 1 eyeRM24,000–RM36,000
- 20 – 50% loss of vision in both eyesRM42,000–RM85,000
- 50 – 80% loss of vision in both eyesRM60,000–RM145,000