Rating Schedule for the Skull


This schedule is purely regarding the bone structure of the Skull itself. It does not address the residuals of brain traumas.

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5296 Loss of Part of the Skull

Rating
Description
10%
Loss of skull area smaller than the size of a 25-cent piece or 0.716 in2.
30% Loss area between 10% and 50%.
50% Loss area larger than size of a 50-cent piece or 1.140 in2.
80% Brain is coming through the skull.

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