Ankle decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss but denied service connection for the other claimed conditions, remanding several claims for further development.

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

The Board granted service connection for a lower back condition, left elbow condition, and bilateral ankle conditions as the evidence was at least in approximate balance regarding their etiological relation to active-duty service.

The Board granted an effective date of July 27, 2010 for the award of service connection for a right ankle disability.

The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for residuals of right ankle fracture, asthma with chronic bronchitis, and hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for a left ankle disability due to any of the following service-connected disabilities, including pes planus, right knee, left knee, lumbosacral spine, radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve in the right lower extremity, and radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve in the left lower extremity.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for tinnitus, a headache disorder, a foot disability, a left ankle disability, a low back disability, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher or additional ratings.

The Board granted service connection for a left ankle disability, an earlier effective date of May 24, 2021, and a 10 percent rating for GERD.

The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including various musculoskeletal conditions and mental health disorders.

The Board denied an effective date prior to March 6, 2023, for the award of service connection for right ankle degenerative arthritis and remanded claims for a recurrent cervical spine disability and a higher rating for the right ankle.

The appeal was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability.

The Board granted service connection for shoulder strain, left and limitation of motion of the ankle (tendonitis (tendinitis) in ankle, left).

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle disability and remanded the claims for left ankle, knee, and hip disabilities due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, diagnosed as major depressive disorder, and assigned an initial rating of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss. Other claims were denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including foot, ankle, knee, elbow, leg varicose veins, colon cancer, prostate disability, and psychiatric disability, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist omissions.

The Veteran's attorney withdrew the appeal for service connection for right ankle, left ankle, right hip, and left hip disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss, hypertension, migraines, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the appellant's military service. The claims for service connection for right foot disability, left foot disability, cervical strain, lumbar strain, left upper extremity (LUE) radiculopathy, right upper extremity (RUE) radiculopathy, left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy, right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, left knee disability, and right ankle disability were remanded for further development.