Ankle decisions — 2025

The veteran is granted an effective date of August 5, 2021 for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed disabilities, including left and right ankle, wrist, hand, and psychiatric conditions. The Veteran did not have a current diagnosis or symptoms that met the criteria for these disabilities.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of left and right ankle disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions and missing service treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions, including plantar fasciitis, GERD, psychiatric disabilities, erectile dysfunction, and other disabilities. Some claims were remanded for further consideration.

The Board remanded all issues on appeal, including service connection for various cancers and peripheral neuropathies, due to missing medical records and the need for further development.

The Board remanded the case to ensure a proper VA examination of the veteran's right ankle disability.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for middle and lower back, cervical spine, right shoulder, and right ankle conditions. The veteran will undergo VA examinations to address these conditions.

The veteran's service connection claims for left and right ankle conditions, left hip femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome were granted.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a right ankle disability because the VA examination was inadequate. The Veteran will get another medical opinion.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of left ankle, right ankle, and septum disabilities due to a failure to schedule VA examinations.

The Board has denied service connection for right and left ankle disorders, as well as right and left knee disorders. The appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions.,Service connection for bowel problems was also not granted.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for chronic bronchitis, asthma, sinusitis, and rhinitis, as well as for service connection for right and left ankle disabilities. The Board acknowledged additional evidence but noted that further development is needed.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of right knee and right ankle disabilities to ensure proper notice and examination opportunities.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, GERD, IBS, right ankle condition, anxiety, and depression. It remanded decisions on tinnitus, right index finger, right thumb condition, and scars.

Service connection for herpes, hearing loss, and right ankle disorder was denied. Service connection for low back disability was granted.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder disability was denied. The claims for right knee, left knee, and right ankle disabilities were remanded for further consideration.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of a right ankle disability. The VA must provide an examination to evaluate the condition and its relation to toxic exposure during the Gulf War.

The veteran was granted a 10% rating for chronic diarrhea but denied higher ratings for other conditions. Some issues were remanded for further review.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher disability ratings for left ankle sprain, left knee DJD, and right knee DJD. The claim for TDIU was also denied as moot.

The veteran's claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) secondary to a left ankle sprain was granted. The OSA was found to be caused or aggravated by obesity, which in turn was caused or aggravated by the service-connected left ankle sprain.