Ankle decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left ankle, right ankle, left knee, right knee, and hypertension to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's right ankle degenerative arthritis was granted a rating of 20 percent, but no higher, effective from November 25, 2021.

The Board denied the claims for service connection and an initial compensable evaluation, finding that the evidence did not support a diagnosis of bilateral hearing loss disability or sleep apnea related to service. The Veteran's hemorrhoids were found to be noncompensable.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain, right ankle sprain with residual intermittent pain, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), erectile dysfunction (ED), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), plantar fasciitis, and left leg nerve disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including migraines, bilateral knee disability, bilateral hearing loss, ankle disability, back disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, scars on the head, neck, or face, and tinnitus, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for multiple disabilities, including back, left ankle, left hip, left knee, neck, right ankle, right hip, and right knee disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a compensable rating for various musculoskeletal conditions, as well as remanded two service connection claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and initial disability ratings for various conditions, including a nerve disability, duodenal ulcer, GERD with Barrett's esophagus, residual right ankle and right knee scars, left ear hearing loss, post traumatic arthritis of the right ankle, right knee strain, and tinnitus.

The Veteran requested to withdraw her pending claims for proposed reductions in ratings for service-connected conditions, and the Board has dismissed these appeals.

The Board denied service connection for a left wrist condition, left shoulder condition, and fibromyalgia. The claims for thoracolumbar spine condition, acquired psychiatric condition, right wrist condition, right shoulder condition, and left ankle condition were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the matters of the reduction in the evaluation for GERD, and service connection claims for right and left ankle conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic left ankle strain, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on moderate limitation of motion.

The Board granted service connection for left knee, right knee, right ankle, left ankle, lumbar spine, and cervical spine disabilities but denied service connection for a right shoulder disability. The Board also remanded the claims for tension headaches, kidney condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claims for entitlement to service connection for bilateral ankle disabilities due to insufficient efforts made by VA to obtain private treatment records.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left ankle disability, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding that none of these conditions were related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left knee, right knee, back (mid/lower back and thoracolumbar spine), left ankle, and right ankle disabilities as they were not shown to be related to the Veteran's military service. The acquired psychiatric disorder claim was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a left ankle condition as there is no current disability shown.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, mood disorder, and anxiety but granted service connection for the Veteran's right and left ankle disabilities and pes planus. The Board also granted initial 20 percent disability ratings for the Veteran's sciatica nerve conditions in the right and left lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and denied a higher rating for tinnitus. The claims for service connection for various musculoskeletal disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral pes planus but denied service connection for left and right ankle, as well as left and right knee disabilities.