Spinal / Nerve
Brachial plexus injury to upper limb
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)
RM50,000 – RM80,000
- Low
- RM50,000
- Relatively minor presentation, conservative treatment, no significant residual effects.
- High
- RM80,000
- Surgery / complications and maximum loss of amenities (occupational and lifestyle impact).
What pushes toward the high: Severity depends on residual function — complete loss of arm function is at the top.
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 Spinal / Nerve injuries
- Simple fracture of vertebral body (wedge / compression)RM14,500–RM18,000
- Fractures of 2 – 5 vertebraeRM22,000–RM42,000
- Vertebral fracture causing restricted movement of neck or backRM22,000–RM42,000
- Vertebral fracture causing quadriplegiaRM300,000–RM420,000
- Vertebral fracture causing paraplegiaRM220,000–RM300,000
- Whiplash injuryRM9,000–RM14,500
- Sympathetic dystrophy (single – multiple)RM3,000–RM8,000