TSGLI Loss Standards

Surgery to correct traumatic avulsions of the face or jaw that cause discontinuity defects.

A traumatic avulsion is a forcible detachment or tearing of bone and/or tissue due to a penetrating or crush injury.

A discontinuity defect is an absence of bone and/or tissue from its normal bodily location, which interrupts the physical consistency of the face and impacts at least one of the following functions: mastication, swallowing, vision, speech, smell, or taste.

The surgery was to correct discontinuity loss to one or more of the following facial areas:

• the upper or lower jaw,
• 50% or more of the cartilaginous nose,
• 50% or more of the upper or lower lip,
• 30% or more of the left or right periorbita,
• 50% or more of any of the following facial subunits:
• forehead,
• left or right temple,
• left or right zygomatic,
• left or right mandibular,
• left or right infraorbital
• chin