Ankle Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including left ankle, right knee, right hip, back, left knee, and left hip disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a nexus between these conditions and service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions and outstanding records. The Veteran seeks service connection for a right foot disability other than pes planus, which he claims was caused by an injury during service. The VA examiner's opinion is inadequate as it did not address the Veteran's lay reports of pain since service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion and additional evidence is needed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including right ankle sprain, left ankle talo-fibular ligament tear, painful bilateral ankle scars, and right shoulder impingement syndrome with rotator cuff tendonitis, labral tear and sub-acromial and sub-deltoid bursitis associated with right ankle sprain, have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU based on this finding.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inaccurate opinion regarding the Veteran's right ankle condition. A new medical opinion is required.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for a right ankle disability and PTSD are being remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Board denied service connection for mitral valve prolapse, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, and back disorder as the Veteran's conditions were found to have preexisted his active duty service.

The Veteran's right ankle disability is rated at a 10 percent rating for limitation of motion, but the Board found no evidence to support a higher rating.,A separate 10 percent rating was granted for arthropathy of the right ankle.

The Board found that the January 2010 decision did not contain clear and unmistakable error in denying earlier effective dates for service connection for the Veteran's conditions. The deck logs from the USS Taylor, which were associated with his file after the original claims had been decided, did not trigger reconsideration of the original decisions as they were not part of the basis for the initial grants of service connection.

The Veteran's left ankle condition, including bone fracture residuals and tendonitis, is granted as service-connected.,Service connection for right ankle tendonitis is denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's right ankle disability and his service.

The Board has granted service connection for a right ankle disability, left ankle disability, back disability, and left hip disability. However, the Board denied service connection for a broken left rib, right knee disability, and left knee disability.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, as well as peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities. The evidence does not support a finding of current disabilities or a causal relationship to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right ankle disability is related to his service and grants his claim for service connection.

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle disability and GERD and chronic constipation, finding that the Veteran did not have current diagnoses of these conditions related to his military service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, memory loss and concentration problems, is related to his active-duty service.,There is no persuasive evidence of a current bilateral wrist disability in the record.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection of sleep apnea and right ankle disability, resulting in their dismissal.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his right shoulder and right ankle disabilities due to inadequate examination reports in prior rating decisions.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of a left ankle disability, including as secondary to service-connected disabilities due to inadequate reasoning in the January 2022 VA medical opinion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been dismissed as the appellant withdrew his appeals on these issues.,Service connection has been granted for low back strain, residuals of coccygeal injury, cervical spine strain, and rosacea.