ASSESSING A HEAD INJURY CLAIM

Following a Road Accident, an Assault or any other form of serious accident you may be in a position in your life where you are now facing making a Head Injury Claim. If you are reading this then it is presumable that you are not the injured person and that you are making the Claim for a loved one or family member who has sustained a Head Injury and you are pursuing the Claim on their behalf.

Head Injury

Head Injuries can be from the moderate where the injured person has lesser serious injury and symptoms which are not Physically Disabling or permanently damaging, such as Permanent Brain Damage. However serious or minor you think the Head Injury is you must still submit your Head Injury Claim following the accident or assault.

In cases where the Head Injury is minor and temporary the victim may experience a number of symptoms including: personality changes, memory loss, fatigue, poor concentration, amongst other symptoms.

Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist Dr Louise Blackmore highlights some of the difficulties pertained through Head Injury in the following extract which demonstrates the dilemma faced by Head Injury victims: ` A scan can see the hidden damage to the brain that an accident, fall or assault has caused but on the outside people often look no different so it can be difficult for a patient or their loved ones to understand why their behaviour and abilities have changed – sometimes radically.’ Dr Blackmore added that `…… another problem is that brain injury can frequently affect memory loss…. a brain injury can have physical effects and affect thinking, memory and behaviour.’

The extract aforementioned highlights the problems associated with a Head Injury and the sensitivity of the injury which will be considered in your Head Injury Claim.

All forms of Head Injury will result in a different array of symptoms being present in the victim depending on how the Injury was sustained and how the Brain was injured. In the same way that the way PPI was mis sold affects the final PPI claims refund amount, the part of the Brain that is injured will determine the level of Injury also. Whether functional Motor Neurons and the Nervous or Sensory part of the brain have been injured for example, will determine what part of the body functions and senses will be impaired.

Generally any form of Head Injury is considered as one of the most severe and life changing injuries sustainable to Man and it is sometimes unpredictable in the early stages of Injury to estimate how long the Injury will last or what further associated symptoms could arise owing to the initial injury. The Head Injury Claim experts will specialise in your individual case and required after care and support which are specific to your injury and how it is affecting your lifestyle and will aim their efforts on your personal and individual circumstances.

Head Injury Claim

The second thing on your mind after the initial shock of an injured relative or friend will be how you will fund their recovery and provide for them the best services and personal injury claims specialists which will need to be put in to place to give them the best chance of making an effective recovery from the Head Injury. Head Injury sufferers require personal attention with the more seriously and disabled victims needing on hand aid around the clock.

Rehabilitation and Aftercare are at the core of the Head Injury Claim. Your Claim handler will explain all of the process and guide you through each step taking all the hassle out of the claim process and will direct you and provide you with suitable information and advice on relevant issues facing the injury including: therapy whilst in hospital or following release from hospital to your own home, suitable housing to accommodate your injury symptoms, suitable transport, medical aids and equipment required for your recovery.

A Head Injury Claim will make it possible for you to provide care, support and any medical attention required as it will make interim payments to you throughout the course of your claim to fund the aftercare needed for the recovery of the injured persons Head Injury. These payments will continue to pay for the recovery period until the Claim comes to an end in which case a fitting payment of compensation will be awarded to you to and aid fund after care that you will require for the future and to secure that you are able to afford any medical attention that you may require after the Claim has ended.

Every Head Injury Claim will be individual and any financial payments made will be paid on the merit of each claim and will be dependent on the symptoms of the Injury and what extent the Injury has affected the claimants life. In addition to the vital Rehabilitation and After Care expenses any compensation awarded through the Head Injury Claim awarded will aim to compensate for any other related loss, such as loss of employment.

The effects of a Head Injury can last from anything to the rest of your life or a short period of weeks or months. Some recent figures state that 85% of severely injured victims were still facing disabling symptoms one year on from sustaining the Injury and 63% of those with moderate Injury. From those injured 79% had persistent headaches 3 months later with 59% having memory problems and 34% were struggling to work or take on employment three months after the Injury incurred.

A Head Injury Claim cannot determine how long your symptoms will last but through a claim you can find peace of mind in knowing that you are able to access some funds available to take care of and provide for the relative or friend who has incurred the Head Injury and you will be able to provide them with comfortable Rehabilitation and Aftercare support which will assure a safer chance of recovery. The time period is essential to recovery following a Head Injury and it would be wise to start your Head Injury Claim started promptly.