Ankle Board decisions

The appeal for service connection for left ankle disability and spastic bladder is remanded for further development, including the possibility of a VA examination.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional VA treatment records and conduct a new examination.

The Veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for his left ankle injury, effective March 20, 2007.

The Veteran's right ankle disability has resulted in marked limitation of motion, warranting a 20 percent rating. New and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim for service connection for a low back disorder.

The appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining the Veteran's service treatment records and VA treatment records, as well as scheduling a VA examination to assess the etiology of any current left ankle disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral ankle disability as there was no evidence of an ankle injury during service or a chronic disability resulting from such an injury, and the first documented evidence of ankle problems was over six years after service.

The Board denied service connection for a left ankle disability and left lower leg disability as there was no evidence of a current disability related to service.

The Veteran was granted a 20 percent initial disability rating for degenerative arthritis of the left ankle and carpel tunnel syndrome of the left wrist, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board finds that there is at least an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding the question of whether the Veteran's service-connected traumatic arthritis, right ankle, status post surgery, was a contributory cause of the Veteran's death. Accordingly, service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is warranted.

The Veteran was granted service connection for a right ankle disability and the orthopedic manifestations of her low back disability were rated at 10 percent, but no higher. The neurological manifestations of the low back disability were also rated at 10 percent.

The Board denied service connection for left elbow, right ankle, and left knee disorders as well as an increased rating for migraine headaches. Service connection was not granted due to the lack of evidence linking these conditions to military service.

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle disability, granted service connection for a left ankle strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left bunion deformity, and denied service connection for a low back disability. The initial rating for left bunion deformity was also denied.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a left knee disorder and granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a back disability resulting from an October 2002 MRI, but denied increased ratings for the right ankle disorder and service connection for bilateral hip disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for arthritis of the right and left knees and ankles, finding that these conditions had their onset during the Veteran's active service.

The Board remands the case for a new compensation and pension examination to reassess the Veteran's service-connected residuals of left ankle fracture with arthritis post operative and subluxing right patella.

The Veteran's right ankle disability is productive of marked impairment, and a higher rating in excess of 20 percent is not warranted.

The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and residuals of a right ankle sprain.

The Veteran's bilateral pes planus was aggravated during service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition. The claims for secondary service connection for a bilateral hip, ankle, and low back disability are remanded for further development.

The Board determined that the reduction of the Veteran's right ankle disability rating from 20 percent to 10 percent was warranted, and that service connection for a right fibular fracture should be severed.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence regarding secondary service connection claims.