The Veteran's service-connected Achilles tendonitis of the right ankle is currently rated as 10 percent disabling under DC 5271, which rates limitation of motion. The Board finds that the preponderance of evidence does not support an evaluation in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have marked limitation of motion of the ankle joint, and his functional impairment due to pain is not indicative of greater than overall moderate loss of range of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Achilles tendonitis of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2015
- Citation
- 1552166
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and TDIU due to inadequate reasons or bases in the August 2024 decision. The case is being remanded to obtain a new VA medical opinion that considers the severity of the Veteran's right ankle disability without the ameliorative effects of medications as required by Jones, 26 Vet. App. 56, and Ingram, 38 Vet. App. 130.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for bilateral ankle tendonitis and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's initial compensable rating for Achilles tendonitis of the right ankle was granted effective January 23, 2017. The appeal is denied prior to that date.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is rendered unemployable as the result of service-connected disabilities and has been granted a TDIU.
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