Ankle decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a back condition, tinnitus, an ankle condition (right), and right and left knee conditions based on evidence supporting the occurrence of these conditions during active duty.

The Board denied service connection for left and right ankle, as well as left and right hip disabilities due to the lack of evidence showing a current disability or a link between the claimed conditions and active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right ankle disability, tinea corporis, and right forearm scars.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings due to missing medical records and inconsistencies in examination reports.

The Board remanded the case to obtain additional VA examinations addressing the severity of the Veteran's gout in various joints.

The veteran was granted service connection for sinusitis, right ankle disorder, and left ankle disorder. The issues of rhinitis, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, and a higher disability rating for prostate condition were remanded.

The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from August 1, 2017.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his service-connected left ankle disability, concluding that the evidence does not support an initial rating greater than 10 percent.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for left and right ankle sprains were denied. However, the veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as of August 1, 2017.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee, right knee, and left ankle disabilities due to inadequate medical evidence.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability was denied. The veteran was granted separate initial ratings for right thumb strain, right long finger strain, right ring finger strain, and right little finger strain. The claim for service connection for a left ankle disability was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating higher than 20 percent for right ankle tendonitis. The evidence did not support a higher rating.

The veteran's right ankle disorder rating was increased to 20 percent. Other issues, including painful joints and surgical scars, were denied or remanded.

Service connection for vertigo, right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, right elbow condition, left elbow condition, left shin splint condition, traumatic brain injury, sleep apnea, left wrist condition, right lower extremity neuropathy, and left lower extremity neuropathy was denied. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right wrist condition, back condition, and right ankle condition was remanded.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for tinnitus, dry eye syndrome, right third finger disability, IBS, bladder condition, right wrist disability, and metatarsalgia were denied. The veteran was granted a 50% rating for migraine headaches, a 10% rating for rhinitis, a 50% rating for sinusitis, and a 100% rating for PTSD. Several other claims were remanded.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral pes planus (flatfoot) and left ankle strain was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw the appeal.

The appeal for service connection for right ankle tendonitis was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeal.

The veteran's appeal for service connection and higher rating was dismissed because the veteran withdrew their appeal.

The veteran's claims for higher ratings for ankle disabilities, scars, and tension headaches were denied. The claim for a higher rating for lumbar spine disability was remanded.

Service connection for gastrointestinal disability and tinnitus is granted. Service connection for left ankle, right ankle, and lumbar spine disabilities is denied. All other issues are remanded.