Military Pensions Act, 1976 (Act No. 84 of 1976)Schedule |
Schedule
Item No. |
Specific Injury or Disability |
Percentage of Disablement |
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UPPER LIMBS |
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Notes:
handed the relevant determination shown below for right and left arms, respectively, shall be transposed. |
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1. |
Loss of both hands or of all fingers and both thumbs |
100 |
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Right arm |
Left arm |
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2. |
Amputation of arm at shoulder joint |
90 |
80 |
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3. |
Amputation of arm with stump less than 20 centimetres from tip of acromion |
80 |
70 |
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4. |
Amputation of arm anywhere between a point 20 centimetres from tip of acromion and a point less than 11 centimetres distal to tip of olecranon |
70 |
60 |
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5. |
Amputation of arm at point 11 centimetres or more distal to tip of olecranon, or loss of all fingers and thumb of one hand |
60 |
50 |
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6. |
Loss of all phalanges of thumb or four fingers of one hand |
40 |
30 |
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7. |
Loss of all phalanges of three fingers |
30 |
20 |
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8. |
Loss of all phalanges of two fingers |
20 |
20 |
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LOWER LIMBS |
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Notes:
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9. |
Loss of both feet |
100 |
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10. |
Amputation at hip or below hip with stump not exceeding 13 centimetres measured from tip of great trochanter |
80 |
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11. |
Amputation below hip with stump exceeding 13 centimetres measured from tip of great trochanter but not beyond middle thigh |
70 |
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12. |
Amputation anywhere between middle thigh and 10 centimetres below knee |
60 |
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13. |
Amputation of leg with stump exceeding 10 centimetres below knee |
50 |
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14. |
Modified Syme amputation |
40 |
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15. |
Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint |
30 |
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16. |
Loss or all toes of one foot proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint or loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal interphalangeal joint |
20 |
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DEFECTIVE VISION |
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17. |
Total loss of sight . |
100 |
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18. |
Loss of one eye |
50 |
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19. |
Total loss of vision in one eye |
40 |
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N.B.:— In cases of partial loss of vision the visual acuity shall be determined after correction with glasses. |
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DEFECTIVE HEARING |
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20. |
Total dearness |
100 |
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21. |
Total deafness in one ear |
20 |
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FACIAL DISFIGUREMENT |
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22. |
Very severe facial disfigurement rendering the volunteer incapable of mixing with the public |
100 |
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23. |
Severe facial disfigurement rendering employment in contact with the public impossible |
80 |
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OTHER DISABILITIES |
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24. |
Wounds, injuries or diseases resulting in the volunteer being permanently bedridden or totally disabled |
100 |
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25. |
Total loss of speech |
80 |
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26. |
Loss of both testicles |
70 |
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27. |
Loss of a kidney |
30 |
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28. |
Loss of one testicle |
20 |
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COMBINATION OF CERTAIN DISABILITIES |
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29. |
Loss of any two limbs |
100 |
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30. |
Loss of an arm and an eye |
100 |
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31. |
Loss of a leg and an eye |
100 |
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32. |
Loss of a hand and a foot |
100 |
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Notes:
| (a) | The determination of the degree of disablement in respect of disabilities not specified in this Schedule shall be on the basis of physical or mental incapacitation only and shall be made by comparison with a normally healthy person of the same age and sex; without regard to loss of earning capacity in any particular occupation. |
| (b) | No combination of disabilities shall be deemed to exceed 100 per cent disablement. |