Ankle Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and denied it for left ear hearing loss, with an effective date of June 14, 2023, for the award of service connection for tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, left ankle fracture, and right ankle sprain to verify periods of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA, obtain additional medical evidence, and provide an adequate medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including a right hip disability, left ankle disability, right trigger finger disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and remanded the other claims for further development.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 8, 1993, for the grant of service connection for left and right ankle tendonitis but remanded increased rating claims for these conditions as well as a higher rating claim for bilateral pes planus with heel tendinitis, bursitis, and stress fracture residuals.

The Board remands the claim for a right ankle disability to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and a right ankle sprain due to inadequate VA examinations and inconsistencies in TERA memorandums.

The Board granted service connection for a right foot disability, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis, fibrocartilaginous calcaneonavicular with lateral cuneiform cuboid coalition, other unspecified right ankle disorder, and status post right foot fracture.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability as further development is needed.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for right ankle degenerative arthritis and remanded claims for a compensable evaluation for headaches, service connection for status post left total knee arthroplasty, and service connection for status post right total knee arthroplasty.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and remanded the claims for right and left ankle disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and a compensable rating for tension headaches, while remanding the claims for left foot metatarsalgia and right foot plantar fasciitis.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran did not timely file a Board Appeal request.

The appeal for service connection for head trauma, vision problems, myopia, right hand disability, left knee disability, and left ankle disability was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement (NOD).

The Board granted service connection for trigeminal nerve neuralgia due to the Veteran's service-connected frostbite of the ears, and increased the rating for right ankle degenerative joint disease from 10 percent to 20 percent. The claims for an increased rating for right ear frostbite and a separate rating for left ear frostbite residuals were denied.

The Board granted service connection for left ankle post traumatic arthritis and right knee degenerative arthritis and meniscal tear, but denied earlier effective dates for the Veteran's painful scars of the bilateral wrists and thumb and deep nonlinear scars of the upper extremities.

The Board granted service connection for left ankle, right ankle, left knee, and right knee disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis B. The claim for a compensable rating for hepatitis B was denied.

The Board denied service connection for chronic osteoarthritis of the right and left ankles, finding no medical evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, granted service connection for right shoulder strain, and remanded a claim for service connection for right knee strain.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his left wrist and right ankle disabilities, as well as a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected scars.