Ankle Board decisions

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of any bilateral ankle disability, as well as whether it is related to service. The Veteran's claim for service connection will be remanded.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the unavailability of his service treatment records and a need for further examination. The issues include service connection for various musculoskeletal conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected low back disability. A social and industrial survey will also be conducted to determine if he can secure and maintain substantially gainful employment due to his disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded to obtain additional medical records and to provide the requested VA examinations. The issues include secondary service connection for various disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed conditions.

The Veteran's right ankle disorder is rated at 10 percent since July 7, 1999. Effective August 31, 2011, the rating for this condition was increased to 20 percent.

The Board has remanded the appeal due to insufficient consideration of new evidence and a failure to issue a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC). The Veteran's claims for service connection are now pending again.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a left ankle disorder and granted it on a secondary basis to the service-connected right knee disability. The Veteran's current diagnosed left side anterior tendonitis tibialis, osteochondritis, and degenerative joint disease are found to be causally related to her service-connected right knee disability.

The Board has ordered a new VA examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's right ankle disability. The claim will be remanded for this purpose.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and a VA examination to determine the etiology of his claimed disabilities.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further medical examination and evaluation due to the submission of recent treatment records that suggest a worse disability picture.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals on all issues related to service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, right ankle disability, and retinal lesion.

The Veteran's left ankle disorder is not related to service. The VA examiner found no evidence that the current left foot-ankle disorder relates to his in-service injury.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral foot, ankle, and knee disorders as secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability. The evidence did not show that a foot, ankle, or knee problem had existed continuously since service or was related to his service-connected condition.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further examination and analysis to determine the appropriate disability rating for his cervical spine disability, including consideration of radiculopathy and other related conditions.

The Veteran's hepatitis B is rated at a 10 percent disability rating, effective from the date of claim. The Board has found that his bilateral ankle and knee conditions are less likely than not related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar myofascial strain, right hip and ankle disabilities that are secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.,Service connection is also granted for bilateral hip and ankle disabilities.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims for service connection for a right knee disability and a bilateral ankle disability. The Veteran's right knee disability is found to be related to service, while his bilateral ankle disability is not considered due to an in-service injury or disease.

The Board has determined that the earliest possible effective date for the grants of service connection for residuals of a right ankle sprain and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, status post laminectomy is May 12, 2010.