Dintilhac nomenclature: list of compensable heads of damage

These damages cover the period between the harmful event and the medical consolidation date (when sequelae have stabilised).

• Current health expenses (DSA): medical, paramedical, pharmaceutical and hospital costs remaining payable after reimbursement by social security and supplementary insurance.
• Miscellaneous costs (FD): transport costs, third-party assistance during temporary incapacity, temporary home adaptation costs.
• Current loss of professional earnings (PGPA): loss of income during total or partial temporary incapacity, calculated on payslips or accounting records.

These damages are quantified from the consolidation date and cover lasting or permanent economic consequences.

• Future health expenses (DSF): lifelong or long-term medical care, prostheses, wheelchairs, medication.
• Adapted housing costs (FLA) and adapted vehicle costs (FVA): extra costs for disability adaptation.
• Future loss of professional earnings (PGPF): loss of income tied to permanent incapacity to work.
• Professional impact (IP): devaluation on the job market, increased hardship, loss of career chance.
• Third-party assistance (ATP): lifelong human assistance for essential daily activities.

These heads compensate for suffering endured before consolidation, independently of any economic loss.

• Temporary functional deficit (DFT): inconvenience in daily activities (washing, dressing, going out, walking) during incapacity.
• Pain and suffering endured (SE): physical and psychological pain, rated on a 1-to-7 scale.
• Temporary aesthetic damage (PET): visible alteration of appearance (cast, evolving scars, hair loss) before consolidation.

• Permanent functional deficit (DFP): permanent impairment of physical or psychological integrity, expressed as a percentage by a medical expert.
• Permanent aesthetic damage (PEP): final scars, deformations, rated on a 1-to-7 scale.
• Loss of enjoyment (préjudice d'agrément): inability to engage in a specific leisure, sport or cultural activity practised before the accident.
• Sexual damage: impairment of sexual function, fertility, or pleasure.
• Préjudice d'établissement: loss of chance to pursue a family life plan (marriage, starting a family).

Indirect victims — close relatives of the injured person or rightful claimants in case of death — have their own heads:

• Affection damage: moral pain tied to the loss or injury of a loved one.
• Accompaniment damage: disruption of living conditions to support a severely disabled relative.
• Economic damage of rightful claimants: loss of household income in case of death.