Ankle Board decisions

The Board has granted clothing allowance claims for the use of left knee and left ankle braces in 2018, finding that they caused damage to the Veteran's clothing.

The Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for his right ankle injury is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for left and right ankle conditions, as well as bilateral retropatellar pain condition of the knees. The Veteran's lumbosacral strain disability remains under review.,The Veteran's initial rating for his lumbosacral strain disability is being remanded due to a contention that it has worsened.

Your claims of service connection for right knee, right ankle, and neck disabilities have been granted. However, as these conditions are now fully compensated, the Board is dismissing your appeal.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, claimed as a right ankle and right foot disability, is being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions. The Board finds that further development is necessary before the merits of the claim can be addressed.

The Board has granted service connection for a left ankle disability and major depressive disorder, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to her active duty service.

The Board has granted service connection for a left leg disability secondary to the Veteran's service-connected residuals of right tibia-fibula fracture. The case is remanded for further development regarding the rating and TDIU claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for left and right ankle disabilities, finding that there was no evidence linking his current disabilities to service.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 20 percent for a healed distal fibular shaft, status post right ankle fracture, is denied as the evidence does not show malunion of the os calcis or astragalus, an astragalectomy, or ankylosis.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected. The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's other claimed conditions are related to his military service.

The Veteran's rating for asymmetrical disc space narrowing of the lumbar spine is denied as it does not meet the criteria for a higher than 20 percent rating.,The Veteran's ratings for right and left ankle disabilities are also denied as they do not meet the criteria for a higher than 20 percent rating.

The case is being remanded due to the addition of substantial evidence since the last decision and because updated VA treatment records are needed.

The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate medical opinions and a failure to attend an examination. The Veteran's left ankle and left foot disabilities are being reviewed again with new medical opinions addressing whether they are proximately due to or aggravated by service-connected conditions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left ankle disability and has remanded issues related to reductions in ratings for right and left knee disabilities, as well as claims for higher ratings for limitation of motion of both knees.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right ankle disability, finding that his current condition is related to an in-service injury and continuing symptoms since then. The appeal was reopened due to new evidence received.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for tension headaches has been denied.,The claims for service connection for low back disability and right ankle disability are remanded due to the need for additional development.

The Veteran's initial rating for unspecified depressive disorder was denied as it did not meet the criteria for a higher rating prior to June 19, 2019 and in excess of 50 percent thereafter.,The Veteran's back disability was also denied as it did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied service connection for a left foot disability, left ankle arthritis, thick, painful toenails and hammer toes, and tinea unguium (onychomycosis) of the left great toenail. The Veteran's current conditions were not shown to be related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for a left ankle disability, but the issue of service connection for diabetes mellitus (DM II) is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims for left knee arthritis, right ankle pain, left ankle pain, gynecological disorders, shortness of breath, and chest pain due to incomplete development or lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.,An addendum opinion is needed regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral ankle conditions are related to service.