Ankle Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, bilateral ankle disorder, and right knee disorder as they were not shown to be related to the Veteran's active duty or secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, right knee disorder, right ankle disorder, and left ankle disorder as there was no evidence of a current disability at any time during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected orthopedic conditions are being remanded for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of these disabilities.

The Board grants service connection for tinnitus and remands the claims for increased ratings and additional service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder, bilateral knee disorder, and left ankle disorder as they were not etiologically related to active service or a service-connected disability.

The claim for service connection for lumbar spine stenosis with radiculopathy was reopened, and a rating of 30 percent was assigned for the left ankle disability.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral leg disorder, bilateral ankle disorder, and hearing loss. The claim for service connection for headaches was also denied. However, new and material evidence was found to reopen the claim for a bilateral knee disorder.

The appeal is remanded for additional evidence and examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's knee disabilities, the etiology of her left ankle disability, and to provide proper notice regarding increased rating claims.

The Board remands the case for a VA examination to determine whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities have caused unemployability.

The evidence does not show that the Veteran currently suffers from a chronic right or left ankle disorder, and therefore service connection for these conditions is denied.

The Veteran was granted a 10 percent disability rating for his left and right knee, and left and right ankle disabilities effective from February 24, 2006, to November 12, 2007.

The Board grants an initial evaluation of 20 percent for residuals of left ankle strain, giving the benefit of the doubt to the veteran.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the Veteran's right knee and ankle disorders.

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

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's left ankle disability.

The Veteran's right ankle disability was incurred in service.

The Board denied service connection for a low back condition and right ankle condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to the service-connected disability.

The Veteran's service-connected left ankle pain with early degenerative changes is productive of a marked limitation of motion, warranting a 20 percent evaluation.

The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder, including scarring on the right ankle, as there was no evidence of a chronic disability during or after service and no medical evidence linking the condition to in-service herbicide exposure.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development of evidence.