The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected left ankle fracture with traumatic arthritis, currently evaluated at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examination and outpatient treatment records showed current symptoms of pain, weakness, swelling, stiffness, and fatigability without nonunion of the tibia or fibula, loss of use of the foot, or ankylosis in plantar flexion at more than 40 degrees or in dorsiflexion at more than 10 degrees.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ankle Fracture with Traumatic Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2008
- Citation
- 0836936
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's left ankle fracture with traumatic arthritis, effective from July 28, 2015 (the date of his initial claim), and found that this rating is appropriate based on marked limitation of motion in the ankle.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar spine, right shoulder, left ankle, and right ankle disabilities. The issues of entitlement to service connection for a cervical spine disorder and a right elbow disorder were also addressed but are pending on remand.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected left ankle fracture with traumatic arthritis does not meet or approximate the criteria for a disability evaluation in excess of 20 percent.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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