Ankle decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the right ankle and an additional 10 percent rating for right knee instability, while denying higher ratings for left ankle, right knee extension, left knee flexion, and left knee extension disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back condition, right ankle condition, left ankle condition, right knee condition, and left knee condition as there is no probative evidence of current disabilities related to her military service.

The Board denied service connection for both left and right ankle disabilities as there was no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for a left ankle condition, mental disorder (nervous condition), right foot numbness, and right knee disability as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied service connection for obesity and remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral knee and ankle disabilities, which are secondary to hypothyroidism and/or unspecified insomnia disorder with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board granted service connection for a left ankle disability and denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, allergic rhinitis, and right knee chondromalacia.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to TDIU prior to July 19, 2024 for additional development.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for right and left ankle disabilities due to an incomplete VA examination.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's left ankle strain, finding that the current level of impairment more closely approximated marked limitation of motion.

The Board granted service connection for the back condition but denied service connection for left ankle, right ankle, and left leg conditions.

The Board denied the request for an extension of time to file an appeal and dismissed the attempted appeals of the February 2020 and September 2020 rating decisions.

The Board granted service connection for right and left knee instability before June 12, 2023, and an evaluation of 40 percent for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine. The claim for a higher rating for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder was denied.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, left knee disability, right ankle disability, chronic sinusitis, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as they were found to have onset in service.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, a right ankle condition, a left ankle condition, and a back condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, low blood pressure, right wrist disability (pain), and right ankle disability (pain) as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or disability at any time during the pendency of the claim.

The appeal was dismissed for proposed reductions in ratings for degenerative arthritis, left ankle, and left knee osteoarthritis, limitation of flexion. The claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for diabetes mellitus and service connection for hypercholesterolemia were denied.

The Board granted an increased 20 percent rating for the Veteran's left ankle sprain, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the service connection claim for obstructive sleep apnea and related conditions to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, and denied initial evaluations in excess of 10 percent for right ankle tendonitis and bilateral pes planus. The left knee disorder claim was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including GERD, neck injury, right knee injury, left knee injury, shrapnel wound to the lower left leg, right ankle injury, left ankle injury, RLE neuropathy, and lower back injury.