Ankle Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right and left shoulder conditions, and a left ankle condition due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various joint disabilities, including arthritis, to obtain additional evidence and a more thorough examination.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied increased ratings for tension headaches with migraine variants and lumbosacral strain with retrolisthesis, compression fracture L1 and degenerative disc disease, but granted a 20 percent rating for left ankle tendonitis status post fracture. The Board also granted service connection for a left knee disorder as secondary to the service-connected conditions and for gastroesophageal reflux disease and cervical spine disorder.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the veteran's unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder, while denying earlier effective dates and increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a back disability, left ankle disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, and psychiatric disorder, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for major depressive disorder recurrent with psychotic features and remanded the claims for service connection for a low back disability, entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for right foot strain, and entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for right ankle strain with Achilles tendonitis.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability, hypertension, IBS, right ankle and left ankle disabilities, a right hip disability, and a low back disability. However, the Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea, right knee strain, and left knee strain, as well as a 10% rating for left hip plasmacytoma limitation of extension.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and an initial disability rating of 20 percent, but no higher, for the entire period on appeal, for right ankle tendonitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left hip, right hip, and left ankle disabilities as secondary to service-connected conditions due to deficiencies in prior VA opinions.

The appeal for an increased rating for right ankle pain and foot pain was dismissed due to the lack of a proper Notice of Disagreement with a prior rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, right knee disability, right ankle disability, and headaches, but denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury and schizophrenia.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and right ankle disability. Additionally, the Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for her mood disorder with depressive features.

The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions, including vision disability, allergies, and back pain, due to insufficient evidence of toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) at Camp Lejeune.

The appeal was dismissed due to untimely filing and lack of good cause for the delay.

The Board granted service connection for asthma prior to August 10, 2022, and as of that date under the PACT Act. The claims for other disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted a 50% rating for headaches and awarded TDIU, while denying increased ratings for PTSD, OSA, peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, and right ankle tendinitis.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea and higher initial ratings for right ankle degenerative arthritis disability, left and right carpal tunnel syndrome, and left and right knee strain disability, as well as a TDIU due to service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury and right lower extremity sciatica, dismissed the appeal as moot. The claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and ratings in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and left lower extremity sciatica were denied.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left ankle strain and remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain with mild levoscoliosis.